diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 1f795b6..bef81d4 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export class LoggingBase {
       }
 
       if (this.config.errorfile) {
-         let f = await this.initializeFile(this.config.errorfile, true);
+         let f = await this.initializeFile(this.config.errorfile, false);
          this.errorStream = f.stream;
          this.errorSize = f.size;
       }