diff --git a/.github/workflows/sanity-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/sanity-test.yaml
index e669394df..b2a479104 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sanity-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sanity-test.yaml
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ jobs:
           ./corso backup create exchange \
           --no-stats \
           --mailbox "${CORSO_M365_TEST_USER_ID}" \
-           --hide-progress \
-           --data 'email' \
-            --json \
-            2>&1 | tee $TEST_RESULT/backup_exchange.txt 
+          --hide-progress \
+          --data 'email' \
+          --json \
+          2>&1 | tee $TEST_RESULT/backup_exchange.txt 
 
           resultjson=$(sed -e '1,/Completed Backups/d' $TEST_RESULT/backup_exchange.txt ) 
 
@@ -235,8 +235,7 @@ jobs:
           set -euo pipefail
           ./sanityCheck
 
-        
- # Onedrive test
+# Onedrive test
 
       # run the tests
       - name: Backup onedrive test
@@ -372,11 +371,11 @@ jobs:
         id: sha-info
         if: failure()
         run: |  
-                echo ${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}-${GITHUB_SHA}
-                echo SHA=${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}-${GITHUB_SHA} >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-                echo RUN_URL=${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}  >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-                echo COMMIT_URL=${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/commit/${GITHUB_SHA} >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-               
+          echo ${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}-${GITHUB_SHA}
+          echo SHA=${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}-${GITHUB_SHA} >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo RUN_URL=${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}  >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo COMMIT_URL=${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/commit/${GITHUB_SHA} >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
       
       - name: Send Github Action failure to Slack
         id: slack-notification
@@ -387,16 +386,16 @@ jobs:
             {
               "text": "GitHub Action build result: ${{ job.status }} on SHA: ${{  steps.sha-info.outputs.SHA }}",
               "blocks": [
-                  {
-                      "type": "header",
-                      "text": {
-                        "type": "plain_text",
-                        "text": "Failure in Sanity Test"
-                      }
-                 },
-                   {
-                      "type": "divider"
-                    },
+                {
+                  "type": "header",
+                  "text": {
+                    "type": "plain_text",
+                    "text": "Failure in Sanity Test"
+                  }
+                },
+                {
+                  "type": "divider"
+                },
                 {
                   "type": "section",
                   "text": {
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a840f7587..a9479588c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Fixed edge case in incremental backups where moving a subfolder, deleting and recreating the subfolder's original parent folder, and moving the subfolder back to where it started would skip backing up unchanged items in the subfolder.
 - SharePoint now correctly displays site urls on `backup list`, instead of the site id.
 - Drives with a directory containing a folder named 'folder' will now restore without error.
+- The CORSO_LOG_FILE env is appropriately utilized if no --log-file flag is provided.
 
 ### Known Issues
 - Restoring a OneDrive or SharePoint file with the same name as a file with that name as its M365 ID may restore both items.
diff --git a/src/pkg/logger/logger.go b/src/pkg/logger/logger.go
index ad02751c4..fde379430 100644
--- a/src/pkg/logger/logger.go
+++ b/src/pkg/logger/logger.go
@@ -126,16 +126,15 @@ type Settings struct {
 // AddLogLevelFlag() and AddLogFileFlag() ensures the flags are
 // displayed as part of the help/usage output.
 func PreloadLoggingFlags(args []string) Settings {
-	dlf := defaultLogLocation()
 	fs := pflag.NewFlagSet("seed-logger", pflag.ContinueOnError)
 	fs.ParseErrorsWhitelist.UnknownFlags = true
-	addFlags(fs, dlf)
+	addFlags(fs, "")
 
 	// prevents overriding the corso/cobra help processor
 	fs.BoolP("help", "h", false, "")
 
 	ls := Settings{
-		File:        dlf,
+		File:        "",
 		Level:       LogLevelFV,
 		PIIHandling: SensitiveInfoFV,
 	}
@@ -186,6 +185,11 @@ func GetLogFile(logFileFlagVal string) string {
 		r = os.Getenv("CORSO_LOG_FILE")
 	}
 
+	// if no flag or env is specified, fall back to the default
+	if len(r) == 0 {
+		r = defaultLogLocation()
+	}
+
 	if r == "-" {
 		r = Stdout
 	}