--- a/pvl/syslog/args.py	Thu Jan 03 13:04:51 2013 +0200
+++ b/pvl/syslog/args.py	Thu Jan 03 13:06:30 2013 +0200
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
     elif options.syslog_tail :
         # tail file
-        source = tail.TailFile(options.syslog_file)
+        source = tail.TailFile(options.syslog_file, skip=True)
         poll = options.syslog_tail # float
 
     elif options.syslog_file :