diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/logger.go b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/logger.go
index 56ebad6c..e886a020 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/logger.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/logger.go
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ func UpdateLogger(filename string, logLevel string, argv []string) (*Logger, err
 	return l, nil
 }
 
-// CloseFile closes the log file (if any) and resets the logger output to what it
+// Reset closes the log file (if any) and resets the logger output to what it
 // was before UpdateLogger was called.
-func (l *Logger) CloseFile() error {
+func (l *Logger) Reset() error {
 	defer func() {
 		previous := l.previousLogger
 		if previous == nil {
diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/main.go b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/main.go
index ba5b3514..4b8651fb 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/main.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/main.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ func run(argv []string) (rerr error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set up logger: %v", err)
 	}
+	defer logger.Reset()
 
 	logger.Debugf("Command line arguments: %v", argv)
 	runtime, err := newNVIDIAContainerRuntime(logger.Logger, cfg, argv)