diff --git a/eos/logconfig.py b/eos/logconfig.py
index b93b104..38b9c34 100644
--- a/eos/logconfig.py
+++ b/eos/logconfig.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Setup for the logging of eos.
 import sys
 import logging
 import logging.handlers
+from .options import ReflectivityOutputConfig
 
 def setup_logging():
     logger = logging.getLogger()  # logging.getLogger('quicknxs')
@@ -19,19 +20,26 @@ def setup_logging():
     console.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
     logger.addHandler(console)
 
-    # if os.path.exists('amor_eos.log'):
-    #     rollover = True
-    # else:
-    #     rollover = False
-    logfile = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler('amor_eos.log', encoding='utf8', mode='w',
-                                                   maxBytes=200*1024**2, backupCount=20)
-    # if rollover: logfile.doRollover()
-    formatter = logging.Formatter(
-        '[%(levelname).4s] - %(asctime)s - %(filename)s:%(lineno)i:%(funcName)s %(message)s',
-            '')
-    logfile.setFormatter(formatter)
-    logfile.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-    logger.addHandler(logfile)
+    if ReflectivityOutputConfig.logFile:
+        # if os.path.exists('amor_eos.log'):
+        #     rollover = True
+        # else:
+        #     rollover = False
+        logfile = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(
+                'amor_eos.log',
+                encoding='utf8',
+                mode='w',
+                maxBytes=200*1024**2,
+                backupCount=20,
+                )
+        # if rollover: logfile.doRollover()
+        formatter = logging.Formatter(
+                '[%(levelname).4s] - %(asctime)s - %(filename)s:%(lineno)i:%(funcName)s %(message)s',
+                '',
+                )
+        logfile.setFormatter(formatter)
+        logfile.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+        logger.addHandler(logfile)
 
 def update_loglevel(verbose=0):
     if verbose==1:
diff --git a/eos/options.py b/eos/options.py
index 2683f23..7f56a55 100644
--- a/eos/options.py
+++ b/eos/options.py
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ class ReflectivityOutputConfig(ArgParsable):
             default = False,
             metadata = {
                 'group': 'output',
-                'help': 'write log file "eos.log"',
+                'help': 'write log file "amor_eos.log"',
                 }
             )
     plot: bool = field(