diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a18efcf..81f2e5b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ require (
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.32.0
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.2
-	github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.52.0
-	golang.org/x/term v0.19.0
+	github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.53.0
+	golang.org/x/term v0.20.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.6 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.7 // indirect
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19 // indirect
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.9.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230905200255-921286631fa9 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.19.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b82ce7f..dbea67d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5x
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 h1:0Anlzjpi4vEasTeNFn2mLJgTSwt0+6sfsiTG8qcWGx4=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0/go.mod h1:E5yfLk+7swimpb2L/Alb/PJmXilQ/rhwaUYs4T20WEQ=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.6 h1:60eq2E/jlfwQXtvZEeBUYADs+BwKBWURIY+Gj2eRGjI=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.6/go.mod h1:/dCuZOvVtNoHsyb+cuJD3itjs3NbnF6KH9zAO4BDxPM=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.7 h1:ehO88t2UGzQK66LMdE8tibEd1ErmzZjNEqWkjLAKQQg=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.7/go.mod h1:Di0epgTjJY877eYKx5yC51cX2A2Vl2ibi7bDH9ttBbw=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7 h1:IeQXZAiQcpL9mgcAe1Nu6cX9LLw6ExEHKjN0VQdvPDY=
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0 h1:9NlTDc1FTs4qu0DDq7AEtTPNw6SVm7uBMsUCUjABIf8
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0/go.mod h1:Dk4QP5c2W3ibzajGcXpNraDfq2IrhjMIvMSWPKKo0FU=
 github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 h1:GqA5TC/0021Y/b9FG4Oi9Mr3q7XYx6KllzawFIhcdPw=
 github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6bBcMArwyJ5K/AmCkWv1jt77kVWyCJ6HpOuEn7z0Csc=
-github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.52.0 h1:wqBQpxH71XW0e2g+Og4dzQM8pk34aFYlA1Ga8db7gU0=
-github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.52.0/go.mod h1:hf5C4QnVMkNXMspnsUlfM3WitlgYflyhHYoKol/szxQ=
+github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.53.0 h1:lW/+SUkOxCx2vlIu0iaImv4JLrVRnbbkpCoaawvA4zc=
+github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.53.0/go.mod h1:6dt4/8olwq9QARP/TDuPmWyWcl4byhpvTJ4AAtcz+QM=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0 h1:ECmE8Bn/WFTYwEW/bpKD3M8VtR/zQVbavAoalC1PYyE=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0/go.mod h1:fEN4uk6kAWBTFdckzkM89CLk9XfWZrxpCo0nPH17wJc=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.9.0 h1:7fIwc/ZtS0q++VgcfqFDxSBZVv/Xo49/SYnDFupUwlI=
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230905200255-921286631fa9/go.mod h1:S2oDrQGGwySpoQPVqR
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.19.0 h1:q5f1RH2jigJ1MoAWp2KTp3gm5zAGFUTarQZ5U386+4o=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.19.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
-golang.org/x/term v0.19.0 h1:+ThwsDv+tYfnJFhF4L8jITxu1tdTWRTZpdsWgEgjL6Q=
-golang.org/x/term v0.19.0/go.mod h1:2CuTdWZ7KHSQwUzKva0cbMg6q2DMI3Mmxp+gKJbskEk=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0 h1:Od9JTbYCk261bKm4M/mw7AklTlFYIa0bIp9BgSm1S8Y=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/term v0.20.0 h1:VnkxpohqXaOBYJtBmEppKUG6mXpi+4O6purfc2+sMhw=
+golang.org/x/term v0.20.0/go.mod h1:8UkIAJTvZgivsXaD6/pH6U9ecQzZ45awqEOzuCvwpFY=
 golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 h1:ScX5w1eTa3QqT8oi6+ziP7dTV1S2+ALU0bI+0zXKWiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.14.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
diff --git a/internal/config/globals.go b/internal/config/globals.go
index 33f5c03..1c82dfb 100644
--- a/internal/config/globals.go
+++ b/internal/config/globals.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ var (
 	// HTTPPort is defined via our toml configuration file. It is the port that HellPot listens on.
 	HTTPPort string
 	// HeaderName is defined via our toml configuration file. It is the HTTP Header containing the original IP of the client,
-	// in traditional reverse Proxy deplyoments.
+	// in traditional reverse Proxy deployments.
 	HeaderName string
 
 	// Paths are defined via our toml configuration file. These are the paths that HellPot will present for "robots.txt"
diff --git a/internal/config/logger.go b/internal/config/logger.go
index 2e9c55a..c5c0c22 100644
--- a/internal/config/logger.go
+++ b/internal/config/logger.go
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ var (
 
 func prepLogDir() {
 	logDir = snek.GetString("logger.directory")
-	if !strings.HasSuffix(logDir, "/") {
-		logDir += "/"
-	}
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(logDir, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(logDir, 0750); err != nil {
 		println("cannot create log directory: " + logDir + "(" + err.Error() + ")")
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}