diff --git a/scripts/msmtpq/msmtpq b/scripts/msmtpq/msmtpq
index d8b4039..1f2a7b5 100755
--- a/scripts/msmtpq/msmtpq
+++ b/scripts/msmtpq/msmtpq
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ err() { dsp '' "$@" '' ; exit 1 ; }
 ##   e.g. ( export MSMTP=/path/to/msmtp )
 if [ "$MSMTP" = "" ] ; then  # If MSMTP is unset or empty...
   MSMTP=msmtp
-elif [ ! -x "$MSMTP" ] ; then
-  log -e 1 "msmtpq : can't find the msmtp executable [ $MSMTP ]"   # if not found - complain ; quit
+# elif [ ! -x "$MSMTP" ] ; then
+#   log -e 1 "msmtpq : can't find the msmtp executable [ $MSMTP ]"   # if not found - complain ; quit
 fi
 ##
 ## set the queue var to the location of the msmtp queue directory
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ fi
 ##            ( chmod 0700 msmtp.queue )
 ##
 ## the queue dir - export this variable to reflect where you'd like it to be  (no quotes !!)
-Q=${Q:-~/.msmtp.queue}
+Q=${MSMTP_QUEUE:-~/.msmtp.queue}
 [ -d "$Q" ] || mkdir -m 0700 -p "$Q" || \
   err '' "msmtpq : can't find or create msmtp queue directory [ $Q ]" ''     # if not present - complain ; quit
 ##
@@ -85,8 +85,10 @@ Q=${Q:-~/.msmtp.queue}
 ##
 ## the queue log file - export this variable to change where logs are stored  (but no quotes !!)
 ##                      Set it to "" (empty string) to disable logging.
-[ -v LOG ] || LOG=~/log/msmtp.queue.log
+LOG=${MSMTP_LOG:-~/log/msmtp.queue.log}
 [ -d "$(dirname "$LOG")" ] || mkdir -p "$(dirname "$LOG")"
+
+JOURNAL=@journal@
 ## ======================================================================================
 
 ## msmtpq can use the following environment variables :
@@ -139,6 +141,7 @@ on_exit() {                          # unlock the queue on exit if the lock was
 ## display msg to user, as well
 ##
 log() {
+  local NAME=msmtpq
   local ARG RC PFX
   PFX="$('date' +'%Y %d %b %H:%M:%S')"
                                      # time stamp prefix - "2008 13 Mar 03:59:45 "
@@ -156,10 +159,19 @@ log() {
     done
   fi
 
+  if [ "$JOURNAL" = "Y" ]; then
+    for ARG; do
+      [ -n "$ARG" ] &&
+        echo "$ARG" | systemd-cat -t "$NAME" -p info
+    done
+  fi
+
   if [ -n "$RC" ] ; then             # an error ; leave w/error return
     [ -n "$LKD" ] && lock_queue -u   # unlock here (if locked)
     [ -n "$LOG" ] && \
       echo "    exit code = $RC" >> "$LOG" # logging ok ; send exit code to log
+    [ "$JOURNAL" = "Y" ] && \
+      echo "exit code= $RC" | systemd-cat -t "$NAME" -p emerg
     exit "$RC"                       # exit w/return code
   fi
 }