diff --git a/nano/node/cli.cpp b/nano/node/cli.cpp
index 26fe004923..4bb19c8747 100644
--- a/nano/node/cli.cpp
+++ b/nano/node/cli.cpp
@@ -254,6 +254,9 @@ std::error_code nano::handle_node_options (boost::program_options::variables_map
 
 	if (vm.count ("initialize"))
 	{
+		// TODO: --config flag overrides are not taken into account here
+		nano::nlogger::initialize (nano::log_config::daemon_default (), data_path);
+
 		auto node_flags = nano::inactive_node_flag_defaults ();
 		node_flags.read_only = false;
 		nano::update_flags (node_flags, vm);