diff --git a/snap-src/bin/mongodb-control b/snap-src/bin/mongodb-control
index 0954c94c0..d650e8e26 100755
--- a/snap-src/bin/mongodb-control
+++ b/snap-src/bin/mongodb-control
@@ -10,13 +10,22 @@ if [ "true" == "${DISABLE_MONGODB}" ]; then
 fi
 
 # make sure we have set minimum env variables for locale
-if [ -z "$LANG" ]; then
+if [ -z "${LANG}" ]; then
     export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 fi
 
 export LC_ALL=C
-export PATH=/snap/${SNAP_NAME}/current/usr/bin:/snap/${SNAP_NAME}/current/bin:$PATH
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/snap/${SNAP_NAME}/current/lib:/snap/${SNAP_NAME}/current/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+export PATH=/snap/${SNAP_NAME}/current/usr/bin:/snap/${SNAP_NAME}/current/bin:${PATH}
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/snap/${SNAP_NAME}/current/lib:/snap/${SNAP_NAME}/current/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
+
+
+echo "DISABLE_MONGODB=${DISABLE_MONGODB}" > "${SNAP_COMMON}/settings.log"
+echo "LC_ALL=${LC_ALL}" >> "${SNAP_COMMON}/settings.log"
+echo "LANG=${LANG}" >> "${SNAP_COMMON}/settings.log"
+echo "PATH=${PATH}" >> "${SNAP_COMMON}/settings.log"
+echo "SNAP_COMMON=${SNAP_COMMON}" >> "{$SNAP_COMMON}/settings.log"
+echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}" >> "${SNAP_COMMON}/settings.log"
+
 
 #if test -f "$SNAP_COMMON/01-migrate-mongo3-to-mongo5.txt"; then
 #   touch "$SNAP_COMMON/01-migrate-mongo3-to-mongo5.txt"
@@ -76,77 +85,84 @@ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/snap/${SNAP_NAME}/current/lib:/snap/${SNAP_NAME}/current
 #    loglast1000lines=""
 #fi
 
-if [ -z "$MONGO_URL" ]; then
+echo "MONGO_URL=${MONGO_URL}" >> "${SNAP_COMMON}/settings.log"
+
+if [ -z "${MONGO_URL}" ]; then
 
     # start mongo deamon
     BIND_OPTIONS=""
-    if [ "nill" != "$MONGODB_BIND_UNIX_SOCKET" ] && [ "x" != "x${MONGODB_BIND_UNIX_SOCKET}" ]; then
-        BIND_OPTIONS+=" --unixSocketPrefix  $MONGODB_BIND_UNIX_SOCKET"
+    if [ "nill" != "${MONGODB_BIND_UNIX_SOCKET}" ] && [ "x" != "x${MONGODB_BIND_UNIX_SOCKET}" ]; then
+        BIND_OPTIONS+=" --unixSocketPrefix ${MONGODB_BIND_UNIX_SOCKET}"
+        echo "BIND_OPTIONS+= --unixSocketPrefix ${MONGODB_BIND_UNIX_SOCKET}" >> "${SNAP_COMMON}/settings.log"
     fi
     if [ "x" != "x${MONGODB_BIND_IP}" ]; then
         BIND_OPTIONS+=" --bind_ip $MONGODB_BIND_IP"
+        echo "BIND_OPTIONS+= --bind_ip ${MONGODB_BIND_IP}" >> "${SNAP_COMMON}/settings.log"
     fi
     if [ "x" != "x${MONGODB_PORT}" ]; then
-        BIND_OPTIONS+=" --port $MONGODB_PORT"
+        BIND_OPTIONS+=" --port ${MONGODB_PORT}"
+        echo "BIND_OPTIONS+= --port ${MONGODB_PORT}" >> "${SNAP_COMMON}/settings.log"
     fi
-    echo "mongodb bind options: $BIND_OPTIONS"
+    echo "mongodb bind options: ${BIND_OPTIONS}"
+    echo "mongodb bind options: ${BIND_OPTIONS}" >> "${SNAP_COMMON}/settings.log"
 
     if [ "syslog" == "${MONGO_LOG_DESTINATION}" ]; then
         echo "Sending mongodb logs to syslog"
         mongod --dbpath $SNAP_COMMON --syslog --journal $BIND_OPTIONS --quiet
         exit 0
     fi
+    echo mongodb log destination: ${MONGO_LOG_DESTINATION} >> "${SNAP_COMMON}/settings.log"
 
     if [ "snapcommon" == "${MONGO_LOG_DESTINATION}" ]; then
         echo "Sending mongodb logs to $SNAP_COMMON"
         mongod --dbpath $SNAP_COMMON --logpath $SNAP_COMMON/mongodb.log --logappend --journal $BIND_OPTIONS --quiet
     fi
+    echo mongodb log destination: ${MONGO_LOG_DESTINATION} >> "${SNAP_COMMON}/settings.log"
 
     if [ "devnull" == "${MONGO_LOG_DESTINATION}" ]; then
         echo "Sending mongodb logs to /dev/null"
         mongod --dbpath $SNAP_COMMON --logpath /dev/null --journal $BIND_OPTIONS --quiet
     fi
-
-
-    # Disable MongoDB telemetry and free monitoring
-    mongosh wekan --eval 'disableTelemetry();' $BIND_OPTIONS
-    mongosh wekan --eval 'db.disableFreeMonitoring();' $BIND_OPTIONS
-    # Snap: Disable apparmor="DENIED" at syslog
-    # https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/4855
-    mongosh wekan --eval 'db.adminCommand({ setParameter: 1, diagnosticDataCollectionEnabled: false});' $BIND_OPTIONS
-    # Drop indexes on database upgrade, when starting MongoDB
-    #mongosh wekan --eval "db.getCollectionNames().forEach(function(col_name) { var coll = db.getCollection(col_name); coll.dropIndexes(); });" $BIND_OPTIONS
-    mongosh wekan --eval 'db.adminCommand({ setFeatureCompatibilityVersion: "4.4" });' $BIND_OPTIONS
-    # Delete incomplete uploads so that they would not prevent starting WeKan
-    mongosh wekan --eval 'db.getCollection("cfs.attachments.filerecord").find( { "uploadedAt": { "$exists": true }, "copies.attachments" : null,"failures.copies.attachments.doneTrying" : {"$ne" : true}});' $BIND_OPTIONS
+    echo mongodb log destination: ${MONGO_LOG_DESTINATION} >> "${SNAP_COMMON}/settings.log"
 
 else
 
     if [ "syslog" == "${MONGO_LOG_DESTINATION}" ]; then
         echo "Sending mongodb logs to syslog"
-        mongod --dbpath $SNAP_COMMON --syslog --journal $MONGO_URL --quiet
+        mongod --dbpath ${SNAP_COMMON} --syslog --journal ${MONGO_URL} --quiet
     fi
 
     if [ "snapcommon" == "${MONGO_LOG_DESTINATION}" ]; then
-        echo "Sending mongodb logs to $SNAP_COMMON"
-        mongod --dbpath $SNAP_COMMON --logpath $SNAP_COMMON/mongodb.log --logappend --journal $MONGO_URL --quiet
+        echo "Sending mongodb logs to ${SNAP_COMMON}"
+        mongod --dbpath ${SNAP_COMMON} --logpath ${SNAP_COMMON}/mongodb.log --logappend --journal ${MONGO_URL} --quiet
     fi
 
     if [ "devnull" == "${MONGO_LOG_DESTINATION}" ]; then
         echo "Sending mongodb logs to /dev/null"
-        mongod --dbpath $SNAP_COMMON --logpath /dev/null --journal $MONGO_URL --quiet
+        mongod --dbpath ${SNAP_COMMON} --logpath /dev/null --journal ${MONGO_URL} --quiet
     fi
 
-    # Disable MongoDB telemetry and free monitoring
-    mongosh wekan --eval 'disableTelemetry();' $BIND_OPTIONS
-    mongosh wekan --eval 'db.disableFreeMonitoring();' $BIND_OPTIONS
-    # Snap: Disable apparmor="DENIED" at syslog
-    # https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/4855
-    mongosh wekan --eval 'db.adminCommand({ setParameter: 1, diagnosticDataCollectionEnabled: false});' $BIND_OPTIONS
-    # Drop indexes on database upgrade, when starting MongoDB
-    #mongosh wekan --eval "db.getCollectionNames().forEach(function(col_name) { var coll = db.getCollection(col_name); coll.dropIndexes(); });" $BIND_OPTIONS
-    mongosh wekan --eval 'db.adminCommand({ setFeatureCompatibilityVersion: "4.2" });' $BIND_OPTIONS
-   # Delete incomplete uploads so that they would not prevent starting WeKan
-    mongosh wekan --eval 'db.getCollection("cfs.attachments.filerecord").find( { "uploadedAt": { "$exists": true }, "copies.attachments" : null,"failures.copies.attachments.doneTrying" : {"$ne" : true}});' $BIND_OPTIONS
-
+    BIND_OPTIONS=${MONGO_URL}
 fi
+
+
+
+# Disable MongoDB telemetry and free monitoring
+mongosh wekan --eval 'disableTelemetry();' ${BIND_OPTIONS}
+echo "mongosh wekan --eval 'disableTelemetry();' ${BIND_OPTIONS}" >> "${SNAP_COMMON}/settings.log"
+mongosh wekan --eval 'db.disableFreeMonitoring();' ${BIND_OPTIONS}
+echo mongosh wekan --eval 'db.disableFreeMonitoring();' ${BIND_OPTIONS} >> "${SNAP_COMMON}/settings.log"
+
+# Snap: Disable apparmor="DENIED" at syslog
+# https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/4855
+mongosh wekan --eval 'db.adminCommand({ setParameter: 1, diagnosticDataCollectionEnabled: false});' ${BIND_OPTIONS}
+echo mongosh wekan --eval 'db.adminCommand({ setParameter: 1, diagnosticDataCollectionEnabled: false});' ${BIND_OPTIONS} >> "${SNAP_COMMON}/settings.log"
+
+# Drop indexes on database upgrade, when starting MongoDB
+#mongosh wekan --eval "db.getCollectionNames().forEach(function(col_name) { var coll = db.getCollection(col_name); coll.dropIndexes(); });" $BIND_OPTIONS
+mongosh wekan --eval 'db.adminCommand({ setFeatureCompatibilityVersion: "4.4" });' ${BIND_OPTIONS}
+echo mongosh wekan --eval 'db.adminCommand({ setFeatureCompatibilityVersion: "4.4" });' ${BIND_OPTIONS} >> "${SNAP_COMMON}/settings.log"
+
+# Delete incomplete uploads so that they would not prevent starting WeKan
+mongosh wekan --eval 'db.getCollection("cfs.attachments.filerecord").find( { "uploadedAt": { "$exists": true }, "copies.attachments" : null,"failures.copies.attachments.doneTrying" : {"$ne" : true}});' ${BIND_OPTIONS}
+echo mongosh wekan --eval 'db.getCollection("cfs.attachments.filerecord").find( { "uploadedAt": { "$exists": true }, "copies.attachments" : null,"failures.copies.attachments.doneTrying" : {"$ne" : true}});' ${BIND_OPTIONS} >> "${SNAP_COMMON}/settings.log"