diff --git a/cmd/common/logger.go b/cmd/common/logger.go
index c43804ffb..52ec424ca 100644
--- a/cmd/common/logger.go
+++ b/cmd/common/logger.go
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@
 package common
 
 import (
+	"io"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/6543/logfile-open"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
@@ -55,14 +57,14 @@ func SetupGlobalLogger(c *cli.Context) {
 	noColor := c.Bool("nocolor")
 	logFile := c.String("log-file")
 
-	var file *os.File
+	var file io.ReadWriteCloser
 	switch logFile {
 	case "", "stderr": // default case
 		file = os.Stderr
 	case "stdout":
 		file = os.Stdout
 	default: // a file was set
-		openFile, err := os.OpenFile(logFile, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0o660)
+		openFile, err := logfile.OpenFileWithContext(c.Context, logFile, 0o660)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal().Err(err).Msgf("could not open log file '%s'", logFile)
 		}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d242c89c6..ba50e7f68 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require (
 	code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.15.1-0.20221016183512-2d9ee57af1e0
 	codeberg.org/6543/go-yaml2json v1.0.0
 	codeberg.org/6543/xyaml v1.1.0
+	github.com/6543/logfile-open v1.1.1
 	github.com/alessio/shellescape v1.4.1
 	github.com/antonmedv/expr v1.12.5
 	github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4 v4.6.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 79b01f576..e5c95852e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ gitea.com/6543/xorm v1.3.3-0.20230807141308-fc77a3b490a8/go.mod h1:qFJGFoVYbbIdn
 gitea.com/xorm/sqlfiddle v0.0.0-20180821085327-62ce714f951a h1:lSA0F4e9A2NcQSqGqTOXqu2aRi/XEQxDCBwM8yJtE6s=
 gitea.com/xorm/sqlfiddle v0.0.0-20180821085327-62ce714f951a/go.mod h1:EXuID2Zs0pAQhH8yz+DNjUbjppKQzKFAn28TMYPB6IU=
 gitee.com/travelliu/dm v1.8.11192/go.mod h1:DHTzyhCrM843x9VdKVbZ+GKXGRbKM2sJ4LxihRxShkE=
+github.com/6543/logfile-open v1.1.1 h1:OKBz2GwxGaJRAOZehsSAl9antvHDG3yq83cpQcQ26aw=
+github.com/6543/logfile-open v1.1.1/go.mod h1:ZoEy7pW2mexmQxiZIqPCeh8vUxVuiHYXmSZNbvEb51g=
 github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore v0.19.0/go.mod h1:h6H6c8enJmmocHUbLiiGY6sx7f9i+X3m1CHdd5c6Rdw=
 github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity v0.11.0/go.mod h1:HcM1YX14R7CJcghJGOYCgdezslRSVzqwLf/q+4Y2r/0=
 github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/internal v0.7.0/go.mod h1:yqy467j36fJxcRV2TzfVZ1pCb5vxm4BtZPUdYWe/Xo8=