diff --git a/src/logger/lib/logger.c b/src/logger/lib/logger.c
index 48cc64c..f12dc9c 100644
--- a/src/logger/lib/logger.c
+++ b/src/logger/lib/logger.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ why2_log_file why2_init_logger(char *directoryPath)
 
     sprintf(filePath, WHY2_LOG_FORMATTING, directoryPath, dateBuffer, buffer); //GENERATE LOG-NAME
 
-    file = why2_open(filePath, O_RDWR | O_APPEND | O_CREAT, 0644); //CREATE LOG FILE
+    file = open(filePath, O_RDWR | O_APPEND | O_CREAT, 0644); //CREATE LOG FILE
 
     //CREATE SYMLINK
     sprintf(latestBuffer, WHY2_LOG_LATEST_FORMATTING, WHY2_WRITE_DIR, WHY2_LOG_LATEST); //GENERATE LATEST.log PATH
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ why2_log_file why2_init_logger(char *directoryPath)
     {
         if (!why2_get_flags().no_output) fprintf(stderr, "Creating symlink failed!\n");
 
+        close(file);
         why2_clean_memory("logger_logfile_init");
         return why2_empty_log_file();
     }