diff --git a/middleware/log/log.go b/middleware/log/log.go
index 1b2aa7b8..331aa63f 100644
--- a/middleware/log/log.go
+++ b/middleware/log/log.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func New(c middleware.Controller) (middleware.Middleware, error) {
 		} else if outputFile == "stderr" {
 			file = os.Stderr
 		} else {
-			file, err = os.OpenFile(outputFile, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0666)
+			file, err = os.OpenFile(outputFile, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0644)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/middleware/replacer.go b/middleware/replacer.go
index a8ed289b..b6194ad7 100644
--- a/middleware/replacer.go
+++ b/middleware/replacer.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package middleware
 
 import (
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -13,11 +14,11 @@ import (
 // NewReplacer to get one of these.
 type replacer map[string]string
 
-// NewReplacer makes a new replacer based on r and rw.
-// Do not create a new replacer until r and rw have all
+// NewReplacer makes a new replacer based on r and rr.
+// Do not create a new replacer until r and rr have all
 // the needed values, because this function copies those
 // values into the replacer.
-func NewReplacer(r *http.Request, rw *responseRecorder) replacer {
+func NewReplacer(r *http.Request, rr *responseRecorder) replacer {
 	rep := replacer{
 		"{method}": r.Method,
 		"{scheme}": func() string {
@@ -32,24 +33,25 @@ func NewReplacer(r *http.Request, rw *responseRecorder) replacer {
 		"{fragment}": r.URL.Fragment,
 		"{proto}":    r.Proto,
 		"{remote}": func() string {
-			if idx := strings.Index(r.RemoteAddr, ":"); idx > -1 {
-				return r.RemoteAddr[:idx] // IP address only
-			} else {
+			host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(r.RemoteAddr)
+			if err != nil {
 				return r.RemoteAddr
 			}
+			return host
 		}(),
 		"{port}": func() string {
-			if idx := strings.Index(r.Host, ":"); idx > -1 {
-				return r.Host[idx+1:] // port only
+			_, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(r.RemoteAddr)
+			if err != nil {
+				return ""
 			}
-			return ""
+			return port
 		}(),
 		"{uri}": r.RequestURI,
 		"{when}": func() string {
 			return time.Now().Format(timeFormat)
 		}(),
-		"{status}": strconv.Itoa(rw.status),
-		"{size}":   strconv.Itoa(rw.size),
+		"{status}": strconv.Itoa(rr.status),
+		"{size}":   strconv.Itoa(rr.size),
 	}
 
 	// Header placeholders