diff --git a/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py b/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py
index c7449bcac320e9cb6d56b7dad2e275a997df90df..132fefe0c29b2f56c58e631b077bac0348646784 100644
--- a/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py
+++ b/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py
@@ -1016,9 +1016,7 @@ except KeyError:
    print "Please set the environment variable OPENAIR_TARGETS in the .bashrc"
    sys.exit(1)
 
-paramiko_logfile = os.path.expandvars('$OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/log/paramiko.log')
-res=os.system(' echo > ' + paramiko_logfile)
-paramiko.util.log_to_file(paramiko_logfile)
+
 
 # get the oai object
 host = os.uname()[1]
@@ -1045,6 +1043,10 @@ if flag_remove_logdir == True:
    print "Removing directory: " + locallogdir
    os.system(' rm -fr ' + locallogdir + '; mkdir -p ' +  locallogdir  )
 
+paramiko_logfile = os.path.expandvars('$OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/log/paramiko.log')
+res=os.system(' echo > ' + paramiko_logfile)
+paramiko.util.log_to_file(paramiko_logfile)
+
 #pw=getpass.getpass()
 
 #Now we parse the xml file for basic configuration