diff --git a/components/debug/debugging.cpp b/components/debug/debugging.cpp
index a107584407..06c749e032 100644
--- a/components/debug/debugging.cpp
+++ b/components/debug/debugging.cpp
@@ -383,12 +383,11 @@ Misc::Locked<std::ostream&> getLockedRawStderr()
     return Misc::Locked<std::ostream&>(*rawStderrMutex, getRawStderr());
 }
 
-// Redirect cout and cerr to the log file
-void setupLogging(const std::filesystem::path& logDir, std::string_view appName, std::ios_base::openmode mode)
+void setupLogging(const std::filesystem::path& logDir, std::string_view appName)
 {
 #if !(defined(_WIN32) && defined(_DEBUG))
     const std::string logName = Misc::StringUtils::lowerCase(appName) + ".log";
-    logfile.open(logDir / logName, mode);
+    logfile.open(logDir / logName, std::ios::out);
 
     Debug::Identity log(logfile);
 
diff --git a/components/debug/debugging.hpp b/components/debug/debugging.hpp
index 6700b5b761..9e375de3d7 100644
--- a/components/debug/debugging.hpp
+++ b/components/debug/debugging.hpp
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ std::ostream& getRawStderr();
 
 Misc::Locked<std::ostream&> getLockedRawStderr();
 
-void setupLogging(
-    const std::filesystem::path& logDir, std::string_view appName, std::ios_base::openmode mode = std::ios::out);
+// Redirect cout and cerr to the log file
+void setupLogging(const std::filesystem::path& logDir, std::string_view appName);
 
 int wrapApplication(int (*innerApplication)(int argc, char* argv[]), int argc, char* argv[], std::string_view appName);