diff --git a/cmd/Desktop-Bridge/main.go b/cmd/Desktop-Bridge/main.go
index a881bd4f..14889e7a 100644
--- a/cmd/Desktop-Bridge/main.go
+++ b/cmd/Desktop-Bridge/main.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ProtonMail/proton-bridge/v3/internal/app"
 	"github.com/bradenaw/juniper/xslices"
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 /*
@@ -44,7 +43,5 @@ import (
 */
 
 func main() {
-	if err := app.New().Run(xslices.Filter(os.Args, func(arg string) bool { return !strings.Contains(arg, "-psn_") })); err != nil {
-		logrus.Fatal(err)
-	}
+	_ = app.New().Run(xslices.Filter(os.Args, func(arg string) bool { return !strings.Contains(arg, "-psn_") }))
 }
diff --git a/internal/app/app.go b/internal/app/app.go
index 1b9657a7..f130e332 100644
--- a/internal/app/app.go
+++ b/internal/app/app.go
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 	}()
 
 	// Restart the app if requested.
-	return withRestarter(exe, func(restarter *restarter.Restarter) error {
+	err = withRestarter(exe, func(restarter *restarter.Restarter) error {
 		// Handle crashes with various actions.
 		return withCrashHandler(restarter, reporter, func(crashHandler *crash.Handler, quitCh <-chan struct{}) error {
 			migrationErr := migrateOldVersions()
@@ -293,6 +293,13 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 			})
 		})
 	})
+
+	// if an error occurs, it must be logged now because we're about to close the log file.
+	if err != nil {
+		logrus.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	return err
 }
 
 // If there's another instance already running, try to raise it and exit.