diff --git a/srcpkgs/metalog/files/metalog/run b/srcpkgs/metalog/files/metalog/run
index 04b457baae7642..bb724b0a221262 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/metalog/files/metalog/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/metalog/files/metalog/run
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 [ -r conf ] && . ./conf
+exec 2>&1
 exec metalog ${OPTS} >/dev/null
diff --git a/srcpkgs/metalog/template b/srcpkgs/metalog/template
index 47a6f6dfeacffd..369cb11bad7e42 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/metalog/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/metalog/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'metalog'
 pkgname=metalog
-version=20260105
+version=20260811
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 conf_files="/etc/metalog.conf"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="https://github.com/hvisage/metalog"
 changelog="https://github.com/hvisage/metalog/blob/master/NEWS"
 distfiles="https://github.com/hvisage/metalog/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=58ee4f423d51eccdd4b404c7c6e3b62b334d7be6e1a052bca1b0efb2501f69cc
+checksum=6d6f38617927896139f54819cdda4a9f8fe56f5de80fd9b59adefb3478a23729
 
 pre_configure() {
 	./autogen.sh