diff --git a/dgraph/cmd/bulk/loader.go b/dgraph/cmd/bulk/loader.go
index 76b8ba86b1a..28c9cad8816 100644
--- a/dgraph/cmd/bulk/loader.go
+++ b/dgraph/cmd/bulk/loader.go
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ type BulkOptions struct {
 	ConnStr          string
 	HttpAddr         string
 	IgnoreErrors     bool
+	LogErrors        bool
+	ErrorLogPath     string
 	CustomTokenizers string
 	NewUids          bool
 	ClientDir        string
@@ -79,18 +81,59 @@ type BulkOptions struct {
 	Badger badger.Options
 }
 
+// chunkWithMeta wraps a chunk buffer with metadata about the source file.
+type chunkWithMeta struct {
+	buf      *bytes.Buffer
+	filename string
+}
+
 type state struct {
 	opt           *BulkOptions
 	prog          *progress
 	xids          *xidmap.XidMap
 	schema        *schemaStore
 	shards        *shardMap
-	readerChunkCh chan *bytes.Buffer
+	readerChunkCh chan *chunkWithMeta
 	mapFileId     uint32 // Used atomically to name the output files of the mappers.
 	dbs           []*badger.DB
 	tmpDbs        []*badger.DB // Temporary DB to write the split lists to avoid ordering issues.
 	writeTs       uint64       // All badger writes use this timestamp
 	namespaces    *sync.Map    // To store the encountered namespaces.
+	errorLog      *errorLogger // Error logger for --log_errors
+}
+
+// errorLogger provides thread-safe logging of parsing errors to a file.
+type errorLogger struct {
+	mu   sync.Mutex
+	file *os.File
+}
+
+func newErrorLogger(path string) (*errorLogger, error) {
+	f, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &errorLogger{file: f}, nil
+}
+
+func (e *errorLogger) Log(filename string, err error, extra string) {
+	if e == nil || e.file == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	e.mu.Lock()
+	defer e.mu.Unlock()
+	// Truncate very long extra info in the log
+	if len(extra) > 500 {
+		extra = extra[:500] + "..."
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(e.file, "file: %s\nerror: %v\n%s\n", filename, err, extra)
+}
+
+func (e *errorLogger) Close() error {
+	if e == nil || e.file == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return e.file.Close()
 }
 
 type loader struct {
@@ -130,14 +173,26 @@ func newLoader(opt *BulkOptions) *loader {
 		x.Checkf(err, "Unable to connect to alpha, Is it running at %s?", opt.ConnStr)
 	}
 
+	var errLog *errorLogger
+	if opt.LogErrors {
+		if !opt.IgnoreErrors {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Warning: --log_errors requires --ignore_errors to be set")
+		}
+		var err error
+		errLog, err = newErrorLogger(opt.ErrorLogPath)
+		x.Checkf(err, "Unable to create error log file at %s", opt.ErrorLogPath)
+		fmt.Printf("Error logging enabled, writing to: %s\n", opt.ErrorLogPath)
+	}
+
 	st := &state{
 		opt:    opt,
 		prog:   newProgress(),
 		shards: newShardMap(opt.MapShards),
 		// Lots of gz readers, so not much channel buffer needed.
-		readerChunkCh: make(chan *bytes.Buffer, opt.NumGoroutines),
+		readerChunkCh: make(chan *chunkWithMeta, opt.NumGoroutines),
 		writeTs:       getWriteTimestamp(zero, dg),
 		namespaces:    &sync.Map{},
+		errorLog:      errLog,
 	}
 	st.schema = newSchemaStore(readSchema(opt), opt, st)
 	ld := &loader{
@@ -348,7 +403,7 @@ func (ld *loader) mapStage() {
 			for {
 				chunkBuf, err := chunk.Chunk(r)
 				if chunkBuf != nil && chunkBuf.Len() > 0 {
-					ld.readerChunkCh <- chunkBuf
+					ld.readerChunkCh <- &chunkWithMeta{buf: chunkBuf, filename: file}
 				}
 				if err == io.EOF {
 					break
@@ -453,7 +508,7 @@ func (ld *loader) processGqlSchema(loadType chunker.InputFormat) {
 			_, err := fmt.Fprintf(gqlBuf, jsonSchema, ns, schema)
 			x.Check(err)
 		}
-		ld.readerChunkCh <- gqlBuf
+		ld.readerChunkCh <- &chunkWithMeta{buf: gqlBuf, filename: "<gql_schema>"}
 	}
 
 	buf := readGqlSchema(ld.opt)
@@ -531,5 +586,10 @@ func (ld *loader) cleanup() {
 		x.Check(db.Close())
 		x.Check(os.RemoveAll(opts.Dir))
 	}
+	if ld.errorLog != nil {
+		if err := ld.errorLog.Close(); err != nil {
+			glog.Warningf("error closing error log: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
 	ld.prog.endSummary()
 }
diff --git a/dgraph/cmd/bulk/mapper.go b/dgraph/cmd/bulk/mapper.go
index e03a4a0ddc8..1a7299ab2cf 100644
--- a/dgraph/cmd/bulk/mapper.go
+++ b/dgraph/cmd/bulk/mapper.go
@@ -221,9 +221,12 @@ func (m *mapper) run(inputFormat chunker.InputFormat) {
 	chunk := chunker.NewChunker(inputFormat, 1000)
 	nquads := chunk.NQuads()
 	go func() {
-		for chunkBuf := range m.readerChunkCh {
-			if err := chunk.Parse(chunkBuf); err != nil {
+		for chunkMeta := range m.readerChunkCh {
+			if err := chunk.Parse(chunkMeta.buf); err != nil {
 				atomic.AddInt64(&m.prog.errCount, 1)
+				if m.errorLog != nil {
+					m.errorLog.Log(chunkMeta.filename, err, "")
+				}
 				if !m.opt.IgnoreErrors {
 					x.Check(err)
 				}
@@ -250,6 +253,9 @@ func (m *mapper) run(inputFormat chunker.InputFormat) {
 		for _, nq := range nqs {
 			if err := facets.SortAndValidate(nq.Facets); err != nil {
 				atomic.AddInt64(&m.prog.errCount, 1)
+				if m.errorLog != nil {
+					m.errorLog.Log("<facet_validation>", err, fmt.Sprintf("subject=%s predicate=%s", nq.Subject, nq.Predicate))
+				}
 				if !m.opt.IgnoreErrors {
 					x.Check(err)
 				}
diff --git a/dgraph/cmd/bulk/run.go b/dgraph/cmd/bulk/run.go
index 1f7a0692f9e..064f6f4569d 100644
--- a/dgraph/cmd/bulk/run.go
+++ b/dgraph/cmd/bulk/run.go
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ func init() {
 	// TODO: Potentially move http server to main.
 	flag.String("http", "localhost:8080", "Address to serve http (pprof).")
 	flag.Bool("ignore_errors", false, "ignore line parsing errors in rdf files")
+	flag.Bool("log_errors", false, "log parsing errors to a file (requires --ignore_errors)")
+	flag.String("error_log", "bulk_errors.log", "path to error log file when --log_errors is set")
 	flag.Int("map_shards", 1,
 		"Number of map output shards. Must be greater than or equal to the number of reduce "+
 			"shards. Increasing allows more evenly sized reduce shards, at the expense of "+
@@ -155,6 +157,8 @@ func run() {
 		ZeroAddr:         Bulk.Conf.GetString("zero"),
 		HttpAddr:         Bulk.Conf.GetString("http"),
 		IgnoreErrors:     Bulk.Conf.GetBool("ignore_errors"),
+		LogErrors:        Bulk.Conf.GetBool("log_errors"),
+		ErrorLogPath:     Bulk.Conf.GetString("error_log"),
 		MapShards:        Bulk.Conf.GetInt("map_shards"),
 		ReduceShards:     Bulk.Conf.GetInt("reduce_shards"),
 		CustomTokenizers: Bulk.Conf.GetString("custom_tokenizers"),
diff --git a/dgraph/main.go b/dgraph/main.go
index d6f2d21e77f..bb35cf633e8 100644
--- a/dgraph/main.go
+++ b/dgraph/main.go
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	// Setting a higher number here allows more disk I/O calls to be scheduled, hence considerably
-	// improving throughput. The extra CPU overhead is almost negligible in comparison. The
-	// benchmark notes are located in badger-bench/randread.
-	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(128)
 
 	absDiff := func(a, b uint64) uint64 {
 		if a > b {
diff --git a/x/init.go b/x/init.go
index f088499e205..8583573acd2 100644
--- a/x/init.go
+++ b/x/init.go
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ Commit timestamp : %v
 Branch           : %v
 Go version       : %v
 jemalloc enabled : %v
+GOMAXPROCS       : %v
+Num CPUs         : %v
 
 For Dgraph official documentation, visit https://dgraph.io/docs.
 For discussions about Dgraph     , visit https://discuss.dgraph.io.
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ For discussions about Dgraph     , visit https://discuss.dgraph.io.
 
 `,
 		dgraphVersion, dgraphCodename, ExecutableChecksum(), lastCommitSHA, lastCommitTime, gitBranch,
-		runtime.Version(), jem, licenseInfo)
+		runtime.Version(), jem, runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0), runtime.NumCPU(), licenseInfo)
 }
 
 // PrintVersion prints version and other helpful information if --version.