diff --git a/server/model/monitor.js b/server/model/monitor.js
index e106f7ab3..f2d16524b 100644
--- a/server/model/monitor.js
+++ b/server/model/monitor.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ dayjs.extend(timezone);
 const axios = require("axios");
 const { Prometheus } = require("../prometheus");
 const { log, UP, DOWN, PENDING, flipStatus, TimeLogger } = require("../../src/util");
-const { tcping, ping, dnsResolve, checkCertificate, checkStatusCode, getTotalClientInRoom, setting, errorLog, mqttAsync } = require("../util-server");
+const { tcping, ping, dnsResolve, checkCertificate, checkStatusCode, getTotalClientInRoom, setting, mqttAsync } = require("../util-server");
 const { R } = require("redbean-node");
 const { BeanModel } = require("redbean-node/dist/bean-model");
 const { Notification } = require("../notification");
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const { Proxy } = require("../proxy");
 const { demoMode } = require("../config");
 const version = require("../../package.json").version;
 const apicache = require("../modules/apicache");
+const { UptimeKumaServer } = require("../uptime-kuma-server");
 
 /**
  * status:
@@ -521,7 +522,7 @@ class Monitor extends BeanModel {
                 await beat();
             } catch (e) {
                 console.trace(e);
-                errorLog(e, false);
+                UptimeKumaServer.errorLog(e, false);
                 log.error("monitor", "Please report to https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/issues");
 
                 if (! this.isStop) {
diff --git a/server/server.js b/server/server.js
index 11c59edbb..79cb21026 100644
--- a/server/server.js
+++ b/server/server.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ log.info("server", "Importing this project modules");
 log.debug("server", "Importing Monitor");
 const Monitor = require("./model/monitor");
 log.debug("server", "Importing Settings");
-const { getSettings, setSettings, setting, initJWTSecret, checkLogin, startUnitTest, FBSD, errorLog, doubleCheckPassword } = require("./util-server");
+const { getSettings, setSettings, setting, initJWTSecret, checkLogin, startUnitTest, FBSD, doubleCheckPassword } = require("./util-server");
 
 log.debug("server", "Importing Notification");
 const { Notification } = require("./notification");
@@ -1694,6 +1694,6 @@ gracefulShutdown(server.httpServer, {
 // Catch unexpected errors here
 process.addListener("unhandledRejection", (error, promise) => {
     console.trace(error);
-    errorLog(error, false);
+    UptimeKumaServer.errorLog(error, false);
     console.error("If you keep encountering errors, please report to https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/issues");
 });
diff --git a/server/uptime-kuma-server.js b/server/uptime-kuma-server.js
index 1cc740646..d0c968e73 100644
--- a/server/uptime-kuma-server.js
+++ b/server/uptime-kuma-server.js
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ const http = require("http");
 const { Server } = require("socket.io");
 const { R } = require("redbean-node");
 const { log } = require("../src/util");
+const Database = require("./database");
+const util = require("util");
 
 /**
  * `module.exports` (alias: `server`) should be inside this class, in order to avoid circular dependency issue.
  * @type {UptimeKumaServer}
  */
 class UptimeKumaServer {
-
     /**
      *
      * @type {UptimeKumaServer}
@@ -83,6 +84,32 @@ class UptimeKumaServer {
 
         return result;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Write error to log file
+     * @param {any} error The error to write
+     * @param {boolean} outputToConsole Should the error also be output to console?
+     */
+    static errorLog(error, outputToConsole = true) {
+        const errorLogStream = fs.createWriteStream(Database.dataDir + "/error.log", {
+            flags: "a"
+        });
+
+        errorLogStream.on("error", () => {
+            log.info("", "Cannot write to error.log");
+        });
+
+        if (errorLogStream) {
+            const dateTime = R.isoDateTime();
+            errorLogStream.write(`[${dateTime}] ` + util.format(error) + "\n");
+
+            if (outputToConsole) {
+                console.error(error);
+            }
+        }
+
+        errorLogStream.end();
+    }
 }
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/server/util-server.js b/server/util-server.js
index 39a2d9040..985143d51 100644
--- a/server/util-server.js
+++ b/server/util-server.js
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ const { Resolver } = require("dns");
 const childProcess = require("child_process");
 const iconv = require("iconv-lite");
 const chardet = require("chardet");
-const fs = require("fs");
-const nodeJsUtil = require("util");
 const mqtt = require("mqtt");
 
 // From ping-lite
@@ -206,7 +204,7 @@ exports.dnsResolve = function (hostname, resolverServer, rrtype) {
 /**
  * Retrieve value of setting based on key
  * @param {string} key Key of setting to retrieve
- * @returns {Promise<Object>} Object representation of setting
+ * @returns {Promise<any>} Value
  */
 exports.setting = async function (key) {
     let value = await R.getCell("SELECT `value` FROM setting WHERE `key` = ? ", [
@@ -524,29 +522,3 @@ exports.convertToUTF8 = (body) => {
     const str = iconv.decode(body, guessEncoding);
     return str.toString();
 };
-
-let logFile;
-
-try {
-    logFile = fs.createWriteStream("./data/error.log", {
-        flags: "a"
-    });
-} catch (_) { }
-
-/**
- * Write error to log file
- * @param {any} error The error to write
- * @param {boolean} outputToConsole Should the error also be output to console?
- */
-exports.errorLog = (error, outputToConsole = true) => {
-    try {
-        if (logFile) {
-            const dateTime = R.isoDateTime();
-            logFile.write(`[${dateTime}] ` + nodeJsUtil.format(error) + "\n");
-
-            if (outputToConsole) {
-                console.error(error);
-            }
-        }
-    } catch (_) { }
-};