diff --git a/openrc/pgmon.initd b/openrc/pgmon.initd
index e3fc0c1..8d8c96d 100644
--- a/openrc/pgmon.initd
+++ b/openrc/pgmon.initd
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ PGMON_USER="${PGMON_USER:-postgres}"
 PGMON_GROUP="${PGMON_GROUP:-$PGMON_USER}"
 CONFIG_FILE="/etc/pgmon/${agent_name}.yml"
 
+output_log=/var/log/pgmon/${SVCNAME}.log
+error_log=/var/log/pgmon/${SVCNAME}.err
+
+start_pre() {
+    checkpath -f -m 0644 -o "${PGMON_USER}:${PGMON_GROUP}" "${output_log}" "${error_log}"
+}
+
 command="/usr/bin/pgmon"
 command_args="'$CONFIG_FILE'"
 command_background="true"
diff --git a/sample-config/pgmon.yml b/sample-config/pgmon.yml
index ba746b6..879005d 100644
--- a/sample-config/pgmon.yml
+++ b/sample-config/pgmon.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# The port the agent listens on for requests
+#port: 5400
+
 # Min PostgreSQL connection pool size (per database)
 #min_pool_size: 0
 
diff --git a/src/pgmon.py b/src/pgmon.py
index 5d6dc6e..7f681ef 100755
--- a/src/pgmon.py
+++ b/src/pgmon.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import logging
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 import psycopg2
-from psycopg2.extras import DictCursor
+from psycopg2.extras import RealDictCursor
 from psycopg2.pool import ThreadedConnectionPool
 
 from contextlib import contextmanager
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ class MetricVersionError(Exception):
 
 # Default config settings
 default_config = {
+    # The port the agent listens on for requests
+    'port': 5400,
+
     # Min PostgreSQL connection pool size (per database)
     'min_pool_size': 0,
 
@@ -296,7 +299,7 @@ def get_pool(dbname):
                     host=config['dbhost'],
                     port=config['dbport'],
                     user=config['dbuser'],
-                    connect_timeout=float(config['connect_timeout']),
+                    connect_timeout=int(config['connect_timeout']),
                     sslmode='require')
             # Clear the unhappy indicator if present
             unhappy_cooldown.pop(dbname, None)
@@ -333,7 +336,7 @@ def run_query_no_retry(pool, return_type, query, args):
     """
     with pool.connection(float(config['connect_timeout'])) as conn:
         try:
-            with conn.cursor(cursor_factory=DictCursor) as curs:
+            with conn.cursor(cursor_factory=RealDictCursor) as curs:
                 curs.execute(query, args)
                 res = curs.fetchall()