diff --git a/src/filelogger.ts b/src/filelogger.ts
index 5e9dca9..ceed4ad 100644
--- a/src/filelogger.ts
+++ b/src/filelogger.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { accessSync, constants as fsConstants, writeFileSync, createWriteStream, WriteStream, mkdirSync } from 'fs'
+import { accessSync, writeFileSync, createWriteStream, WriteStream, mkdirSync } from 'fs'
 import { dirname as directoryname } from 'path'
 
 export class FileLogger {
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ export class FileLogger {
     this.#filename = filename
     this.#_stat()
     this.#_createWritableStream()
+    this.#_endStream()
   }
 
-  #fsAccess(filename: string, mode: number) {
+  #fsAccess(filename: string, mode?: number) {
     try {
       accessSync(filename, mode)
       return true
@@ -23,11 +24,13 @@ export class FileLogger {
 
   #_stat() {
     //check if file exists
-    if (!this.#fsAccess(this.#filename, fsConstants.W_OK)) {
+    if (!this.#fsAccess(this.#filename)) {
       // check if directory exists
-      if (!this.#fsAccess(this.#dirname, fsConstants.W_OK)) {
-        mkdirSync(this.#dirname, { recursive: true, mode: fsConstants.W_OK })
+      if (!this.#fsAccess(this.#dirname)) {
+        // create the directory
+        mkdirSync(this.#dirname, { recursive: true })
       }
+      // create the file and write an empty string to it
       writeFileSync(this.#filename, '')
       return
     }
@@ -42,21 +45,21 @@ export class FileLogger {
   }
 
   #_endStream() {
-    process.on('exit', (code) => {
+    process.on('exit', () => {
       this.writableStream.close()
     })
 
-    process.on('SIGTERM', (signal) => {
+    process.on('SIGTERM', () => {
       this.writableStream.close()
       process.exit(0)
     })
 
-    process.on('SIGINT', (signal) => {
+    process.on('SIGINT', () => {
       this.writableStream.close()
       process.exit(0)
     })
 
-    process.on('uncaughtException', (err) => {
+    process.on('uncaughtException', () => {
       this.writableStream.close()
       process.exit(1)
     })
diff --git a/tests/index.test.ts b/tests/index.test.ts
index a2d3434..65cb33e 100644
--- a/tests/index.test.ts
+++ b/tests/index.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { App } from '@tinyhttp/app'
 import expect from 'expect'
 import * as assert from 'uvu/assert'
 import { promises, constants as fsConstants, readFileSync, unlinkSync, existsSync } from 'fs'
+import { resolve } from 'path'
 
 function describe(name: string, fn: (it: uvu.Test<Context>) => void) {
   const s = suite(name)
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ function describe(name: string, fn: (it: uvu.Test<Context>) => void) {
 
 function checkFileExists(file) {
   return promises
-    .access(file, fsConstants.F_OK)
+    .access(file)
     .then(() => true)
     .catch(() => false)
 }
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ describe('Logger tests', (it) => {
   })
   describe('Log file tests', (it) => {
     it('should check if log file and directory is created', async (test) => {
-      const filename = './log/tiny.log'
+      const filename = './tests/tiny.log'
 
       const app = new App()
       app.use(
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ describe('Logger tests', (it) => {
         .finally(() => server.close())
     })
     it('should read log file and check if logs are written', async (test) => {
-      const filename = './log/tiny.log'
+      const filename = './logs/test1/tiny.log'
       const level = LogLevel.warn
       const app = new App()
       app.use(