diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e2d9d9c..99a8381 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ database
 bin
 *.xml
 Makefile
+config.toml
diff --git a/cmd/cli/components/di.go b/cmd/cli/components/di.go
index 51f25d1..cfd6897 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/components/di.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/components/di.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func SetupDI(ctx context.Context, cfgpath string, verbose bool, logAsJSON bool)
 		case "stderr":
 			output = os.Stderr
 		default:
-			outfile, err = os.Create(cfg.Log.Output)
+			outfile, err = os.OpenFile(cfg.Log.Output, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0666)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating file for logging: %w", err)
 			}