diff --git a/commandlog.c b/commandlog.c
index a001f343..41483133 100644
--- a/commandlog.c
+++ b/commandlog.c
@@ -80,9 +80,11 @@
       }
       
       /* suppress TRANSACTIONFINISHED as well in order to make the WWW
-         commandlog work
+         commandlog work and TRANSACTIONSTART in order to make the logfiles
+         shorter
       */
-      if(strstr(pText,"TRANSACTIONFINISHED") != NULL)
+      if(strstr(pText,"TRANSACTIONFINISHED") != NULL ||
+         strstr(pText,"TRANSACTIONSTART") != NULL)
       {
       	 if(pCopy != NULL){
       	   free(pCopy);