diff --git a/source/net/filebot/Logging.java b/source/net/filebot/Logging.java
index 527bd3b1..0743795f 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/Logging.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/Logging.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public final class Logging {
 		FileChannel channel = FileChannel.open(file.toPath(), StandardOpenOption.CREATE, StandardOpenOption.WRITE, StandardOpenOption.APPEND);
 		if (lock) {
 			try {
+				log.config("Locking " + file);
 				channel.lock();
 			} catch (Exception e) {
 				throw new IOException("Failed to acquire lock: " + file, e);
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/Main.java b/source/net/filebot/Main.java
index ac81d2b4..0e72f47f 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/Main.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/Main.java
@@ -392,9 +392,6 @@ public class Main {
 
 		// tee stdout and stderr to log file if --log-file is set
 		if (args.logFile != null) {
-			if (args.logLock) {
-				log.config("Locking " + log);
-			}
 			Handler logFileHandler = createLogFileHandler(args.getLogFile(), args.logLock, Level.ALL);
 			log.addHandler(logFileHandler);
 			debug.addHandler(logFileHandler);