diff --git a/src/backend/common/logging.ts b/src/backend/common/logging.ts
index 87c19766..a8910155 100644
--- a/src/backend/common/logging.ts
+++ b/src/backend/common/logging.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ export const componentFileLogger = async (type: string, name: string, fileConfig
         logDefaultPath: './scrobble.log'
     });
 
-    const base = path.dirname(typeof opts.file.path === 'function' ? opts.file.path() : opts.file.path!);
+    const filePath = typeof opts.file.path === 'function' ? opts.file.path() : opts.file.path;
+    const base = filePath !== undefined ? path.dirname(filePath) : logPath;
     const componentLogPath = path.join(base, `${type}-${name}.log`);
 
     const componentConfig: LogOptions = {
@@ -62,8 +63,11 @@ export const componentFileLogger = async (type: string, name: string, fileConfig
     const streams: LogLevelStreamEntry[] = [];
 
     if(strongOpts.file.level !== false) {
-        const file = await buildDestinationRollingFile((componentConfig.file.level ?? componentConfig.level)!, {...strongOpts.file})
-        streams.push(file!);
+        const file = await buildDestinationRollingFile(strongOpts.file.level, {...strongOpts.file})
+        if(file === undefined) {
+            throw new Error('Could not build rolling file log destination');
+        }
+        streams.push(file);
 
         return buildLogger('trace' as LogLevel, streams);
     } else {