diff --git a/src/gui/dialogs/game_version_dialog.cpp b/src/gui/dialogs/game_version_dialog.cpp
index 3f2642a8e91..ba7c3d9ec46 100644
--- a/src/gui/dialogs/game_version_dialog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/dialogs/game_version_dialog.cpp
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ void game_version::pre_show(window& window)
 
 	button& stderr_button = find_widget<button>(&window, "open_stderr", false);
 	connect_signal_mouse_left_click(stderr_button, std::bind(&game_version::browse_directory_callback, this, log_path_));
-	stderr_button.set_active(!log_path_.empty());
+	stderr_button.set_active(!log_path_.empty() && filesystem::file_exists(log_path_));
 
 	//
 	// Build info tab.
diff --git a/src/log.cpp b/src/log.cpp
index 5e2fdd95738..8b9f6b82db2 100644
--- a/src/log.cpp
+++ b/src/log.cpp
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ std::optional<bool> log_dir_writable()
 
 std::string get_log_file_path()
 {
-	return output_file_path_+lg::log_file_suffix;
+	return output_file_path_.empty() ? "" : output_file_path_+lg::log_file_suffix;
 }
 
 redirect_output_setter::redirect_output_setter(std::ostream& stream)