diff --git a/src/cli/app.js b/src/cli/app.js
index 057cb7a5..f074b8ca 100644
--- a/src/cli/app.js
+++ b/src/cli/app.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function checkInputAndConfig(config, fromDate, toDate) {
 
 function checkLogFile(pathToLogs) {
   // If no custom log file was specified and no default log file exists, create one
-  if (pathToLogs === path.join('logs', 'run-logs.json') && !fs.existsSync(pathToLogs)) {
+  if (path.resolve(pathToLogs) === path.resolve(path.join('logs', 'run-logs.json')) && !fs.existsSync(pathToLogs)) {
     logger.info(`No log file found. Creating default log file at ${pathToLogs}`);
     if (!fs.existsSync('logs')) fs.mkdirSync('logs');
     fs.appendFileSync(pathToLogs, '[]');