diff --git a/fhem/fhem.pl b/fhem/fhem.pl
index 10fb05eed..d47316f05 100755
--- a/fhem/fhem.pl
+++ b/fhem/fhem.pl
@@ -913,9 +913,9 @@ OpenLogfile($)
 
   } else {
 
-    HandleArchiving($defs{global});
-    $defs{global}{currentlogfile} = $param;
     $defs{global}{logfile} = $attr{global}{logfile};
+    $defs{global}{currentlogfile} = $param;
+    HandleArchiving($defs{global});
 
     open(LOG, ">>$currlogfile") || return("Can't open $currlogfile: $!");
     redirectStdinStdErr() if($init_done);