diff --git a/services/clsi/app/coffee/CompileController.coffee b/services/clsi/app/coffee/CompileController.coffee
index 52c0e147bf..455292a6c6 100644
--- a/services/clsi/app/coffee/CompileController.coffee
+++ b/services/clsi/app/coffee/CompileController.coffee
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ module.exports = CompileController =
 								status = "success"
 						if status == "failure"
 							logger.err project_id: request.project_id, outputFiles:outputFiles, "project failed to compile successfully, no output.pdf generated"
+						# log an error if any core files are found
+						for file in outputFiles
+							if file.path is "core"
+								logger.error project_id:request.project_id, req:req, outputFiles:outputFiles, "core file found in output"
 
 					timer.done()
 					res.status(code or 200).send {
diff --git a/services/clsi/config/settings.defaults.coffee b/services/clsi/config/settings.defaults.coffee
index 2f2348b0cf..734adddbba 100644
--- a/services/clsi/config/settings.defaults.coffee
+++ b/services/clsi/config/settings.defaults.coffee
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ module.exports =
 	internal:
 		clsi:
 			port: 3013
-			host: process.env["LISTEN_ADDRESS"] or "0.0.0.0"
+			host: process.env["LISTEN_ADDRESS"] or "localhost"
+
 	apis:
 		clsi:
 			url: "http://#{process.env['CLSI_HOST'] or 'localhost'}:3013"
diff --git a/services/clsi/package.json b/services/clsi/package.json
index c5d52c949d..4deae83e0f 100644
--- a/services/clsi/package.json
+++ b/services/clsi/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     "compile:all": "npm run compile:app && npm run compile:unit_tests && npm run compile:acceptance_tests", 
     "nodemon": "nodemon --config nodemon.json"
   }, 
-  "author": "James Allen <james@sharelatex.com>", 
   "dependencies": {
     "async": "0.2.9", 
     "body-parser": "^1.2.0",