diff --git a/cmd/cli/cli.go b/cmd/cli/cli.go
index 1984f70..7d70b78 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/cli.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/cli.go
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ 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.
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ func run(appCallback *AppCallback, stopCh chan struct{}) {
 	updated := updateListenerConfig(&cfg, notifyExitToLogServer)
 
 	if cdUID != "" {
-		processLogAndCacheFlags()
+		processLogAndCacheFlags(v, &cfg)
 	}
 
 	if updated {
@@ -780,7 +780,8 @@ func processListenFlag() {
 	})
 }
 
-func processLogAndCacheFlags() {
+// processLogAndCacheFlags processes log and cache related flags
+func processLogAndCacheFlags(v *viper.Viper, cfg *ctrld.Config) {
 	if logPath != "" {
 		cfg.Service.LogPath = logPath
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/cli/prog.go b/cmd/cli/prog.go
index 76f7c36..cf8c680 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/prog.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/prog.go
@@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ func (p *prog) runWait() {
 				continue
 			}
 			if cdUID != "" {
-				if rc, err := processCDFlags(newCfg); err != nil {
+				rc, err := processCDFlags(newCfg)
+				if err != nil {
 					logger.Err(err).Msg("could not fetch ControlD config")
 					waitOldRunDone()
 					continue
@@ -225,6 +226,10 @@ 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()