diff --git a/pkg/cfg/logging.go b/pkg/cfg/logging.go
index acb7e82..980d076 100644
--- a/pkg/cfg/logging.go
+++ b/pkg/cfg/logging.go
@@ -4,18 +4,19 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus/hooks/writer"
 	"gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2"
 
-	"github.com/crowdsecurity/go-cs-lib/pkg/logtools"
+	"github.com/crowdsecurity/go-cs-lib/pkg/ptr"
 )
 
 type LoggingConfig struct {
+	LogLevel     *log.Level `yaml:"log_level"`
 	LogMode      string     `yaml:"log_mode"`
 	LogDir       string     `yaml:"log_dir"`
-	LogLevel     *log.Level `yaml:"log_level"`
 	LogMaxSize   int        `yaml:"log_max_size,omitempty"`
 	LogMaxFiles  int        `yaml:"log_max_files,omitempty"`
 	LogMaxAge    int        `yaml:"log_max_age,omitempty"`
@@ -27,13 +28,11 @@ func (c *LoggingConfig) LoggerForFile(fileName string) (io.Writer, error) {
 		return os.Stderr, nil
 	}
 
-	logPath, err := logtools.SetLogFilePermissions(c.LogDir, fileName)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	// default permissions will be 0600 from lumberjack
+	// and are preserved if the file already exists
 
 	l := &lumberjack.Logger{
-		Filename:   logPath,
+		Filename:   filepath.Join(c.LogDir, fileName),
 		MaxSize:    c.LogMaxSize,
 		MaxBackups: c.LogMaxFiles,
 		MaxAge:     c.LogMaxAge,
@@ -53,8 +52,7 @@ func (c *LoggingConfig) setDefaults() {
 	}
 
 	if c.LogLevel == nil {
-		defaultLevel := log.InfoLevel
-		c.LogLevel = &defaultLevel
+		c.LogLevel = ptr.Of(log.InfoLevel)
 	}
 
 	if c.LogMaxSize == 0 {
@@ -70,8 +68,7 @@ func (c *LoggingConfig) setDefaults() {
 	}
 
 	if c.CompressLogs == nil {
-		defaultCompress := true
-		c.CompressLogs = &defaultCompress
+		c.CompressLogs = ptr.Of(true)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/bouncer/test_custom_bouncer.py b/test/bouncer/test_custom_bouncer.py
index 49d4081..ada3501 100644
--- a/test/bouncer/test_custom_bouncer.py
+++ b/test/bouncer/test_custom_bouncer.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def test_bin_args(bouncer_with_lapi, tmp_path_factory):
             res = lapi.cont.exec_run(f'cscli decisions add -i 1.2.3.{i}')
             assert res.exit_code == 0
 
-        time.sleep(1)
+        time.sleep(2)
 
         with open(data) as f:
             lines = f.readlines()