diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9a51b9e6e..4a00e8802 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,5 +19,4 @@ build/html
 /pymodbus.egg-info/
 venv
 downloaded_files/
-pymodbus.log
 *.lock
diff --git a/test/global/test_logging.py b/test/global/test_logging.py
index f04149ffc..c24bc989b 100644
--- a/test/global/test_logging.py
+++ b/test/global/test_logging.py
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ def test_log_parms(self, txt, result, params):
 
     def test_apply_logging(self):
         """Test pymodbus_apply_logging_config."""
-        pymodbus_apply_logging_config("debug", "pymodbus.log")
+        LOG_FILE = "pymodbus.log"
+        pymodbus_apply_logging_config("debug", LOG_FILE)
         pymodbus_apply_logging_config("info")
         pymodbus_apply_logging_config(logging.NOTSET)
         Log.debug("test 1no")
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ def test_apply_logging(self):
         Log.info("test 5")
         Log.info("test 5")
         Log.info("test 5")
+        logging.shutdown()
 
     def test_apply_build_no(self):
         """Test pymodbus_apply_logging_config."""