diff --git a/snakemake_executor_plugin_slurm/__init__.py b/snakemake_executor_plugin_slurm/__init__.py
index 9789ef5..ef12e90 100644
--- a/snakemake_executor_plugin_slurm/__init__.py
+++ b/snakemake_executor_plugin_slurm/__init__.py
@@ -122,7 +122,11 @@ def __post_init__(self):
         self._fallback_account_arg = None
         self._fallback_partition = None
         self._preemption_warning = False  # no preemption warning has been issued
-        self.slurm_logdir = None
+        self.slurm_logdir = (
+            Path(self.workflow.executor_settings.logdir)
+            if self.workflow.executor_settings.logdir
+            else Path(".snakemake/slurm_logs").resolve()
+        )
         atexit.register(self.clean_old_logs)
 
     def clean_old_logs(self) -> None:
@@ -180,12 +184,6 @@ def run_job(self, job: JobExecutorInterface):
         except AttributeError:
             wildcard_str = ""
 
-        self.slurm_logdir = (
-            Path(self.workflow.executor_settings.logdir)
-            if self.workflow.executor_settings.logdir
-            else Path(".snakemake/slurm_logs").resolve()
-        )
-
         self.slurm_logdir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         slurm_logfile = self.slurm_logdir / group_or_rule / wildcard_str / "%j.log"
         slurm_logfile.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)