diff --git a/main/main.cpp b/main/main.cpp
index 7e3806a9df8..551b5ccf5d9 100644
--- a/main/main.cpp
+++ b/main/main.cpp
@@ -954,21 +954,6 @@ Error Main::setup(const char *execpath, int argc, char *argv[], bool p_second_ph
 
 #endif
 
-	GLOBAL_DEF("logging/file_logging/enable_file_logging", false);
-	// Only file logging by default on desktop platforms as logs can't be
-	// accessed easily on mobile/Web platforms (if at all).
-	// This also prevents logs from being created for the editor instance, as feature tags
-	// are disabled while in the editor (even if they should logically apply).
-	GLOBAL_DEF("logging/file_logging/enable_file_logging.pc", true);
-	GLOBAL_DEF("logging/file_logging/log_path", "user://logs/godot.log");
-	GLOBAL_DEF("logging/file_logging/max_log_files", 5);
-	ProjectSettings::get_singleton()->set_custom_property_info("logging/file_logging/max_log_files", PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "logging/file_logging/max_log_files", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "0,20,1,or_greater")); //no negative numbers
-	if (FileAccess::get_create_func(FileAccess::ACCESS_USERDATA) && GLOBAL_GET("logging/file_logging/enable_file_logging")) {
-		String base_path = GLOBAL_GET("logging/file_logging/log_path");
-		int max_files = GLOBAL_GET("logging/file_logging/max_log_files");
-		OS::get_singleton()->add_logger(memnew(RotatedFileLogger(base_path, max_files)));
-	}
-
 #ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
 	if (editor) {
 		Engine::get_singleton()->set_editor_hint(true);
@@ -985,6 +970,23 @@ Error Main::setup(const char *execpath, int argc, char *argv[], bool p_second_ph
 	}
 #endif
 
+	GLOBAL_DEF("logging/file_logging/enable_file_logging", false);
+	// Only file logging by default on desktop platforms as logs can't be
+	// accessed easily on mobile/Web platforms (if at all).
+	// This also prevents logs from being created for the editor instance, as feature tags
+	// are disabled while in the editor (even if they should logically apply).
+	GLOBAL_DEF("logging/file_logging/enable_file_logging.pc", true);
+	GLOBAL_DEF("logging/file_logging/log_path", "user://logs/godot.log");
+	GLOBAL_DEF("logging/file_logging/max_log_files", 5);
+	ProjectSettings::get_singleton()->set_custom_property_info("logging/file_logging/max_log_files", PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "logging/file_logging/max_log_files", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "0,20,1,or_greater")); //no negative numbers
+	if (!project_manager && !editor && FileAccess::get_create_func(FileAccess::ACCESS_USERDATA) && GLOBAL_GET("logging/file_logging/enable_file_logging")) {
+		// Don't create logs for the project manager as they would be written to
+		// the current working directory, which is inconvenient.
+		String base_path = GLOBAL_GET("logging/file_logging/log_path");
+		int max_files = GLOBAL_GET("logging/file_logging/max_log_files");
+		OS::get_singleton()->add_logger(memnew(RotatedFileLogger(base_path, max_files)));
+	}
+
 	if (main_args.size() == 0 && String(GLOBAL_DEF("application/run/main_scene", "")) == "") {
 #ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
 		if (!editor && !project_manager) {