diff --git a/log.cpp b/log.cpp
index 0ad9099..f7e65a5 100644
--- a/log.cpp
+++ b/log.cpp
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ void dolog(const log_level_t ll, const char *fmt, ...)
 		return;
 
 	if (!lfh) {
+#if !defined(ESP32)
 		lfh = fopen(logfile, "a+");
 		if (!lfh)
 			error_exit(true, "Cannot access log-file %s", logfile);
 
-#if !defined(ESP32)
 		if (lf_uid != -1 && fchown(fileno(lfh), lf_uid, lf_gid) == -1)
 			error_exit(true, "Cannot change logfile (%s) ownership", logfile);
 
@@ -95,8 +95,10 @@ void dolog(const log_level_t ll, const char *fmt, ...)
 	(void)vasprintf(&str, fmt, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
 
+#if !defined(ESP32)
 	if (ll >= log_level_file)
 		fprintf(lfh, "%s%s\n", ts_str, str);
+#endif
 
 	if (ll >= log_level_screen)
 		printf("%s%s\r\n", ts_str, str);