diff --git a/board/recalbox/fsoverlay/usr/bin/recallog b/board/recalbox/fsoverlay/usr/bin/recallog
index ca4aec2e099b78c6392ba795c7b016bc91d8e5f1..feab128ef2f3b2d37652bf1f7443ee74b5296fcc 100755
--- a/board/recalbox/fsoverlay/usr/bin/recallog
+++ b/board/recalbox/fsoverlay/usr/bin/recallog
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ log="/recalbox/share/system/logs/${filename}"
 
 [ ! -d /recalbox/share/system/logs ] && log="/tmp/logappend-${filename}"
 
+# Disable log if setting "system.extendsdcardlife.enabled" is set
+systemsetting="python /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/configgen/settings/recalboxSettings.pyc"
+extendsdcardlife="`$systemsetting  -command load -key system.extendsdcardlife.enabled -default 0`"
+[ "$extendsdcardlife" == "1" ] && log="/dev/null"
+
 if [[ -z "$comment" ]];then
 while read line
 do
diff --git a/package/virtualgamepads/S92virtualgamepads b/package/virtualgamepads/S92virtualgamepads
index 8e1e9630e429daccd1d8943010020a9c247844ff..e33355e4228426984b1e1eb7b09c7b7301115522 100755
--- a/package/virtualgamepads/S92virtualgamepads
+++ b/package/virtualgamepads/S92virtualgamepads
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ systemsetting="python /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/configgen/settings/recalb
 logfile="/recalbox/share/system/logs/virtualgamepads.log"
 logswitch_default="1"
 loglevel_default="info"
+extendsdcardlife_default="0"
 
 case "$1" in
   start)
@@ -23,12 +24,11 @@ case "$1" in
     fi
     
     cd /usr/node-virtual-gamepads/
-    logswitch="`$systemsetting  -command load -key system.virtual-gamepads.log.enabled`"
-    loglevel="`$systemsetting  -command load -key system.virtual-gamepads.log.level`"
-    if [ -z "$logswitch" ];then logswitch="$logswitch_default"; fi
-    if [ -z "$loglevel" ];then loglevel="$loglevel_default"; fi
+    logswitch="`$systemsetting  -command load -key system.virtual-gamepads.log.enabled -default $logswitch_default`"
+    loglevel="`$systemsetting  -command load -key system.virtual-gamepads.log.level default $loglevel_default`"
+    extendsdcardlife="`$systemsetting  -command load -key system.extendsdcardlife.enabled default $extendsdcardlife_default`"
     echo "Starting virtual-gamepads server logging=$logswitch, loglevel=$loglevel"
-    if [ "$logswitch" == "1" ];then
+    if [ "$logswitch" == "1" ] && [ "$extendsdcardlife" == "0" ];then
         mv $logfile $logfile.old
         PORT=8080 LOGLEVEL=$loglevel node virtualgamepads.js > "$logfile" 2>&1 &
     else