diff --git a/client/daemon/daemon.cpp b/client/daemon/daemon.cpp
index 3e237e9c..a234860b 100644
--- a/client/daemon/daemon.cpp
+++ b/client/daemon/daemon.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ bool Daemon::activate(const InterfaceConfig& config) {
         return false;
       }
 
-      if (supportDnsUtils() && !dnsutils()->restoreResolvers()) {
+      if (!dnsutils()->restoreResolvers()) {
         return false;
       }
 
@@ -165,10 +165,6 @@ bool Daemon::activate(const InterfaceConfig& config) {
 }
 
 bool Daemon::maybeUpdateResolvers(const InterfaceConfig& config) {
-  if (!supportDnsUtils()) {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   if ((config.m_hopType == InterfaceConfig::MultiHopExit) ||
       (config.m_hopType == InterfaceConfig::SingleHop)) {
     QList<QHostAddress> resolvers;
@@ -423,13 +419,8 @@ bool Daemon::deactivate(bool emitSignals) {
   }
 
   // Cleanup DNS
-  if (supportDnsUtils() && !dnsutils()->restoreResolvers()) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  if (!wgutils()->interfaceExists()) {
-    logger.warning() << "Wireguard interface does not exist.";
-    return false;
+  if (!dnsutils()->restoreResolvers()) {
+    logger.warning() << "Failed to restore DNS resolvers.";
   }
 
   // Cleanup peers and routing
@@ -449,13 +440,9 @@ bool Daemon::deactivate(bool emitSignals) {
   }
   m_excludedAddrSet.clear();
 
-  // Delete the interface
-  if (!wgutils()->deleteInterface()) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
   m_connections.clear();
-  return true;
+  // Delete the interface
+  return wgutils()->deleteInterface();  
 }
 
 QString Daemon::logs() {
diff --git a/client/daemon/daemon.h b/client/daemon/daemon.h
index d3d8c34d..3d418d70 100644
--- a/client/daemon/daemon.h
+++ b/client/daemon/daemon.h
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ class Daemon : public QObject {
   virtual WireguardUtils* wgutils() const = 0;
   virtual bool supportIPUtils() const { return false; }
   virtual IPUtils* iputils() { return nullptr; }
-  virtual bool supportDnsUtils() const { return false; }
   virtual DnsUtils* dnsutils() { return nullptr; }
 
   static bool parseStringList(const QJsonObject& obj, const QString& name,
diff --git a/client/daemon/daemonlocalserverconnection.cpp b/client/daemon/daemonlocalserverconnection.cpp
index 1a49b7e5..edbc4c9b 100644
--- a/client/daemon/daemonlocalserverconnection.cpp
+++ b/client/daemon/daemonlocalserverconnection.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,17 @@ void DaemonLocalServerConnection::parseCommand(const QByteArray& data) {
 
   logger.debug() << "Command received:" << type;
 
+  // It is expected that sometimes the client will request backend logs
+  // before the first authentication. In these cases we just return empty
+  // logs.
+  if (type == "logs") {
+    QJsonObject obj;
+    obj.insert("type", "logs");
+    obj.insert("logs", "");
+    write(obj);
+    return;
+  }
+
   if (type == "activate") {
     InterfaceConfig config;
     if (!Daemon::parseConfig(obj, config)) {
@@ -115,8 +126,7 @@ void DaemonLocalServerConnection::parseCommand(const QByteArray& data) {
   if (type == "status") {
     QJsonObject obj = Daemon::instance()->getStatus();
     obj.insert("type", "status");
-    m_socket->write(QJsonDocument(obj).toJson(QJsonDocument::Compact));
-    m_socket->write("\n");
+    write(obj);
     return;
   }
 
@@ -124,8 +134,7 @@ void DaemonLocalServerConnection::parseCommand(const QByteArray& data) {
     QJsonObject obj;
     obj.insert("type", "logs");
     obj.insert("logs", Daemon::instance()->logs().replace("\n", "|"));
-    m_socket->write(QJsonDocument(obj).toJson(QJsonDocument::Compact));
-    m_socket->write("\n");
+    write(obj);
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/client/mozilla/localsocketcontroller.cpp b/client/mozilla/localsocketcontroller.cpp
index 4d040288..5e9f0f97 100644
--- a/client/mozilla/localsocketcontroller.cpp
+++ b/client/mozilla/localsocketcontroller.cpp
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ LocalSocketController::LocalSocketController() {
   m_socket = new QLocalSocket(this);
   connect(m_socket, &QLocalSocket::connected, this,
           &LocalSocketController::daemonConnected);
-  connect(m_socket, &QLocalSocket::disconnected, this,
-          &LocalSocketController::disconnected);
+  connect(m_socket, &QLocalSocket::disconnected, this, 
+          [&] { errorOccurred(QLocalSocket::PeerClosedError); });
   connect(m_socket, &QLocalSocket::errorOccurred, this,
           &LocalSocketController::errorOccurred);
   connect(m_socket, &QLocalSocket::readyRead, this,
diff --git a/client/platforms/linux/daemon/linuxdaemon.h b/client/platforms/linux/daemon/linuxdaemon.h
index 7f5d27b7..dbac8cee 100644
--- a/client/platforms/linux/daemon/linuxdaemon.h
+++ b/client/platforms/linux/daemon/linuxdaemon.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ class LinuxDaemon final : public Daemon {
 
  protected:
   WireguardUtils* wgutils() const override { return m_wgutils; }
-  bool supportDnsUtils() const override { return true; }
   DnsUtils* dnsutils() override { return m_dnsutils; }
   bool supportIPUtils() const override { return true; }
   IPUtils* iputils() override { return m_iputils; }
diff --git a/client/platforms/macos/daemon/macosdaemon.h b/client/platforms/macos/daemon/macosdaemon.h
index a48c326c..4181648e 100644
--- a/client/platforms/macos/daemon/macosdaemon.h
+++ b/client/platforms/macos/daemon/macosdaemon.h
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ class MacOSDaemon final : public Daemon {
 
  protected:
   WireguardUtils* wgutils() const override { return m_wgutils; }
-  bool supportDnsUtils() const override { return true; }
   DnsUtils* dnsutils() override { return m_dnsutils; }
   bool supportIPUtils() const override { return true; }
   IPUtils* iputils() override { return m_iputils; }
diff --git a/client/platforms/windows/daemon/windowsdaemon.h b/client/platforms/windows/daemon/windowsdaemon.h
index 9d051bae..7e38c41e 100644
--- a/client/platforms/windows/daemon/windowsdaemon.h
+++ b/client/platforms/windows/daemon/windowsdaemon.h
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ class WindowsDaemon final : public Daemon {
  protected:
   bool run(Op op, const InterfaceConfig& config) override;
   WireguardUtils* wgutils() const override { return m_wgutils; }
-  bool supportDnsUtils() const override { return true; }
   DnsUtils* dnsutils() override { return m_dnsutils; }
 
  private:
diff --git a/client/platforms/windows/daemon/windowssplittunnel.cpp b/client/platforms/windows/daemon/windowssplittunnel.cpp
index 39941933..c4e893b2 100644
--- a/client/platforms/windows/daemon/windowssplittunnel.cpp
+++ b/client/platforms/windows/daemon/windowssplittunnel.cpp
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ QString WindowsSplitTunnel::convertPath(const QString& path) {
     // device should contain : for e.g C:
     return "";
   }
-  QByteArray buffer(2048, 0xFF);
+  QByteArray buffer(2048, 0xFFu);
   auto ok = QueryDosDeviceW(qUtf16Printable(driveLetter),
                             (wchar_t*)buffer.data(), buffer.size() / 2);