diff --git a/cmd/cli/cli.go b/cmd/cli/cli.go
index 3d5f534..eaee8ef 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/cli.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/cli.go
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ func run(appCallback *AppCallback, stopCh chan struct{}) {
 	}
 	p.mu.Unlock()
 
-	processLogAndCacheFlags()
+	processLogAndCacheFlags(v, &cfg)
 
 	// Log config do not have thing to validate, so it's safe to init log here,
 	// so it's able to log information in processCDFlags.
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ func run(appCallback *AppCallback, stopCh chan struct{}) {
 	updated := updateListenerConfig(&cfg, notifyExitToLogServer)
 
 	if cdUID != "" {
-		processLogAndCacheFlags()
+		processLogAndCacheFlags(v, &cfg)
 	}
 
 	// Persist intercept_mode to config when provided via CLI flag on full install.
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ func processListenFlag() {
 }
 
 // processLogAndCacheFlags processes log and cache related flags
-func processLogAndCacheFlags() {
+func processLogAndCacheFlags(v *viper.Viper, cfg *ctrld.Config) {
 	mainLog.Load().Debug().Msg("Processing log and cache flags")
 
 	if logPath != "" {
diff --git a/cmd/cli/prog.go b/cmd/cli/prog.go
index e1b1a9c..47ced10 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/prog.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/prog.go
@@ -322,7 +322,8 @@ func (p *prog) runWait() {
 				continue
 			}
 			if cdUID != "" {
-				if rc, err := processCDFlags(newCfg); err != nil {
+				rc, err := processCDFlags(newCfg)
+				if err != nil {
 					p.Error().Err(err).Msg("Could not fetch controld config")
 					waitOldRunDone()
 					continue
@@ -334,6 +335,10 @@ func (p *prog) runWait() {
 			}
 		}
 
+		// Though the log configuration could not be changed during reloading, we still need to
+		// process the current flags here, so runtime internal logs can be used correctly.
+		processLogAndCacheFlags(v, newCfg)
+
 		waitOldRunDone()
 
 		p.mu.Lock()