diff --git a/code/controllers/configuration.dm b/code/controllers/configuration.dm
index 8f1bc9652c8..f72fd30742a 100644
--- a/code/controllers/configuration.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/configuration.dm
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 	var/ToRban = 0
 	var/automute_on = 0					//enables automuting/spam prevention
 	var/jobs_have_minimal_access = 0	//determines whether jobs use minimal access or expanded access.
+	var/copy_logs = 0
 
 	var/cult_ghostwriter = 1               //Allows ghosts to write in blood in cult rounds...
 	var/cult_ghostwriter_req_cultists = 10 //...so long as this many cultists are active.
@@ -478,6 +479,8 @@
 					config.assistantlimit = 1
 				if("assistant_ratio")
 					config.assistantratio = text2num(value)
+				if("copy_logs")
+					config.copy_logs = value
 				else
 					diary << "Unknown setting in configuration: '[name]'"
 
diff --git a/code/modules/ext_scripts/copylogs.dm b/code/modules/ext_scripts/copylogs.dm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d5f91535843
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/modules/ext_scripts/copylogs.dm
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/proc/copy_logs()
+	if(config.copy_logs)
+		ext_python("copy_logs.py", "data/logs \"[config.copy_logs]\"")
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diff --git a/code/world.dm b/code/world.dm
index 819208ac555..165d34a0c80 100644
--- a/code/world.dm
+++ b/code/world.dm
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 	starticon = rotate_icon('icons/obj/lightning.dmi', "lightningstart")
 	midicon = rotate_icon('icons/obj/lightning.dmi', "lightning")
 	endicon = rotate_icon('icons/obj/lightning.dmi', "lightningend")
+
+	// Copy logs before opening streams.
+	copy_logs()
+
 	//logs
 	var/date_string = time2text(world.realtime, "YYYY/MM-Month/DD-Day")
 	href_logfile = file("data/logs/[date_string] hrefs.htm")
diff --git a/config-example/config.txt b/config-example/config.txt
index e8aaa40bcbf..441b4e7d9ad 100644
--- a/config-example/config.txt
+++ b/config-example/config.txt
@@ -241,4 +241,9 @@ RESPAWN_AS_MOMMI
 #IRC_BOT_PORT 45678
 
 ## ID tag used to identify the server in the channel
-#IRC_BOT_SERVER_ID Server 1
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+#IRC_BOT_SERVER_ID Server 1
+
+## Copy logs to a location on server startup?
+## IPs are automatically removed.
+## Default: Don't copy logs.
+#COPY_LOGS data/cleaned_logs
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diff --git a/scripts/copy_logs.py b/scripts/copy_logs.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7afcd60c52a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/copy_logs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+"""
+copy_logs.py unclean_logs/ cleaned_logs/
+* Strips IPs and CIDs.
+
+"""
+import re,os,sys,fnmatch
+
+REG_IP4=re.compile(r'\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+') # Matches IPv4 addresses.
+
+# [04:07:35]ACCESS: Login: N3X15/(N3X15) from 127.0.0.1-1234567890 || BYOND v499
+REG_CONNECT=re.compile(r'from [^\|]+\|\| BYOND v([0-9]+)$') # Matches IPv4 addresses.
+
+def fix(in_file, out_file):
+	print('   {0} -> {1}'.format(in_file,out_file))
+	if os.path.isfile(out_file):
+		os.remove(out_file)
+	if not os.path.isdir(os.path.dirname(out_file)):
+		os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(out_file))
+	with open(out_file,'w') as w:
+		with open(in_file,'r') as r:
+			for line in r:
+				line=line.strip('\r\n')
+				line=REG_CONNECT.sub('from [NOPE] || BYOND v\g<1>', line)
+				line=REG_IP4.sub('[IP CENSORED]', line)
+				w.write('{0}\n'.format(line))
+def replace_walk(in_dir,out_dir):
+	print(' {0} -> {1}'.format(in_dir,out_dir))
+	for root, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(in_dir):
+		for filename in fnmatch.filter(filenames, '*.log'):
+			path = os.path.join(root, filename)
+			to = os.path.join(out_dir, path.replace(in_dir, '').replace(os.path.basename(path), ''))
+			to = os.path.join(to, filename)
+			path = os.path.abspath(path)
+			to = os.path.abspath(to)
+			fix(path, to)
+			
+replace_walk(sys.argv[1],sys.argv[2])
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