diff --git a/cmd/cli/cli.go b/cmd/cli/cli.go
index be8b5af..6e7ecbe 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/cli.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/cli.go
@@ -266,10 +266,7 @@ func run(appCallback *AppCallback, stopCh chan struct{}) {
 
 	// 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.
-	logWriters := initLogging()
-
-	// Initializing internal logging after global logging.
-	p.initInternalLogging(logWriters)
+	p.initLogging(true)
 
 	mainLog.Load().Info().Msgf("starting ctrld %s", curVersion())
 	mainLog.Load().Info().Msgf("os: %s", osVersion())
diff --git a/cmd/cli/log_writer.go b/cmd/cli/log_writer.go
index ff27259..ab6b855 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/log_writer.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/log_writer.go
@@ -93,6 +93,15 @@ func (lw *logWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	return lw.buf.Write(p)
 }
 
+// initLogging initializes global logging setup.
+func (p *prog) initLogging(backup bool) {
+	zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = time.RFC3339 + ".000"
+	logWriters := initLoggingWithBackup(backup)
+
+	// Initializing internal logging after global logging.
+	p.initInternalLogging(logWriters)
+}
+
 // initInternalLogging performs internal logging if there's no log enabled.
 func (p *prog) initInternalLogging(writers []io.Writer) {
 	if !p.needInternalLogging() {
diff --git a/cmd/cli/main.go b/cmd/cli/main.go
index 37ed314..6a8cb62 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/main.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/main.go
@@ -103,12 +103,6 @@ func initConsoleLogging() {
 	}
 }
 
-// initLogging initializes global logging setup.
-func initLogging() []io.Writer {
-	zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = time.RFC3339 + ".000"
-	return initLoggingWithBackup(true)
-}
-
 // initInteractiveLogging is like initLogging, but the ProxyLogger is discarded
 // to be used for all interactive commands.
 //
diff --git a/cmd/cli/prog.go b/cmd/cli/prog.go
index df004ab..60f138b 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/prog.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/prog.go
@@ -560,13 +560,12 @@ func (p *prog) run(reload bool, reloadCh chan struct{}) {
 	if !reload {
 		// Stop writing log to unix socket.
 		consoleWriter.Out = os.Stdout
-		logWriters := initLoggingWithBackup(false)
+		p.initLogging(false)
 		if p.logConn != nil {
 			_ = p.logConn.Close()
 		}
 		go p.apiConfigReload()
 		p.postRun()
-		p.initInternalLogging(logWriters)
 	}
 	wg.Wait()
 }