diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 42a4e260..fa704f35 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Description: In computationally demanding analysis projects,
   'clustermq' by Schubert (2019) <doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btz284>),
   and 'batchtools' by Lang, Bischel, and Surmann (2017)
   <doi:10.21105/joss.00135>.
-Version: 0.9.5.9009
+Version: 0.9.5.9010
 License: MIT + file LICENSE
 URL: https://wlandau.github.io/crew/, https://github.com/wlandau/crew
 BugReports: https://github.com/wlandau/crew/issues
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 2f1d4f46..fdc69e3a 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ importFrom(tools,SIGINT)
 importFrom(tools,SIGQUIT)
 importFrom(tools,SIGTERM)
 importFrom(tools,pskill)
+importFrom(utils,capture.output)
 importFrom(utils,compareVersion)
 importFrom(utils,globalVariables)
 importFrom(utils,head)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 41e8e269..96a75b4c 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# crew 0.9.5.9009 (development)
+# crew 0.9.5.9010 (development)
 
 * Give full worker name in the worker launch error message (@multimeric).
 * Start the controller automatically in more methods.
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 * To passively log memory usage when `log_resources` is given, the controller now calls `log()` as a side effect in most controller methods, with throttling to preserve speed.
 * Return a status and status code from `pop()` etc.
 * New internal function `as_monad()` makes error reporting more consistent.
+* Use `path.expand()` on local log files.
+* Switch to `Rscript`.
+* Print session info from `crew_worker()` before attempting to dial into `mirai`.
 
 # crew 0.9.5
 
diff --git a/R/crew_launcher_local.R b/R/crew_launcher_local.R
index a3bd5b64..f80cca5b 100644
--- a/R/crew_launcher_local.R
+++ b/R/crew_launcher_local.R
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ crew_class_launcher_local <- R6::R6Class(
       if (!private$.local_log_join) {
         name <- paste0(name, "-stdout")
       }
-      file.path(directory, paste0(name, ".log"))
+      path.expand(file.path(directory, paste0(name, ".log")))
     },
     .log_stderr = function(name) {
       directory <- private$.local_log_directory
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ crew_class_launcher_local <- R6::R6Class(
       if_any(
         private$.local_log_join,
         "2>&1",
-        file.path(directory, paste0(name, "-stderr.log"))
+        path.expand(file.path(directory, paste0(name, "-stderr.log")))
       )
     }
   ),
diff --git a/R/crew_package.R b/R/crew_package.R
index e6d6910e..73c630dd 100644
--- a/R/crew_package.R
+++ b/R/crew_package.R
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #' @importFrom tidyselect all_of any_of contains ends_with eval_select
 #'   everything last_col matches num_range one_of starts_with
 #' @importFrom tools pskill SIGINT SIGQUIT SIGTERM
-#' @importFrom utils compareVersion globalVariables head
+#' @importFrom utils capture.output compareVersion globalVariables head
 NULL
 
 utils::globalVariables(".")
diff --git a/R/crew_worker.R b/R/crew_worker.R
index 71b7f0c0..94efa4e4 100644
--- a/R/crew_worker.R
+++ b/R/crew_worker.R
@@ -22,5 +22,6 @@ crew_worker <- function(settings, launcher, worker, instance) {
     CREW_WORKER = worker,
     CREW_INSTANCE = instance
   )
+  crew_message(utils::capture.output(print(sessionInfo())))
   do.call(what = mirai::daemon, args = settings)
 }