diff --git a/src/main/logger.ts b/src/main/logger.ts
index fc7fcbf771..0d720b65ac 100644
--- a/src/main/logger.ts
+++ b/src/main/logger.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { app } from "electron";
+import { app, remote } from "electron";
 import winston from "winston"
 import { isDebugging } from "../common/vars";
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const fileOptions: winston.transports.FileTransportOptions = {
   handleExceptions: false,
   level: isDebugging ? "debug" : "info",
   filename: "lens.log",
-  dirname: app.getPath("logs"),
+  dirname: (app || remote.app).getPath("logs"),
   maxsize: 16 * 1024,
   maxFiles: 16,
   tailable: true,