diff --git a/evomaintenance.sh b/evomaintenance.sh
index c37fcda..b162e6a 100644
--- a/evomaintenance.sh
+++ b/evomaintenance.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
 
 test -f /etc/evomaintenance.cf && . /etc/evomaintenance.cf
 
-[ -n "${HOSTNAME}" ] || HOSTNAME=$(hostname)
+[ -n "${HOSTNAME}" ]     || HOSTNAME=$(hostname)
 [ -n "${EVOMAINTMAIL}" ] || EVOMAINTMAIL=evomaintenance-$(echo "${HOSTNAME}" | cut -d- -f1)@${REALM}
+[ -n "${LOGFILE}" ]      || LOGFILE=/var/log/evomaintenance.log
 
 SYSTEME=$(uname -s)
 
@@ -32,11 +33,6 @@ BEGIN_DATE=$(echo ${WHO} | cut -d" " -f3,4,5)
 BEGIN_YEAR=$(date "+%Y")
 PATH=${PATH}:/usr/sbin
 
-# log file
-LOGFILE=${LOGFILE:-/var/log/evomaintenance.log}
-touch "${LOGFILE}"
-chown "${LOGFILE_PERMS}" "${LOGFILE}"
-
 # end_date
 NOW=$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")