diff --git a/programs/client/Client.cpp b/programs/client/Client.cpp
index 4951106f595..0c4141c74f2 100644
--- a/programs/client/Client.cpp
+++ b/programs/client/Client.cpp
@@ -1007,9 +1007,6 @@ void Client::addOptions(OptionsDescription & options_description)
         ("max_client_network_bandwidth", po::value<int>(), "the maximum speed of data exchange over the network for the client in bytes per second.")
         ("compression", po::value<bool>(), "enable or disable compression")
 
-        ("log-level", po::value<std::string>(), "client log level")
-        ("server_logs_file", po::value<std::string>(), "put server logs into specified file")
-
         ("query-fuzzer-runs", po::value<int>()->default_value(0), "After executing every SELECT query, do random mutations in it and run again specified number of times. This is used for testing to discover unexpected corner cases.")
         ("interleave-queries-file", po::value<std::vector<std::string>>()->multitoken(),
             "file path with queries to execute before every file from 'queries-file'; multiple files can be specified (--queries-file file1 file2...); this is needed to enable more aggressive fuzzing of newly added tests (see 'query-fuzzer-runs' option)")
@@ -1125,8 +1122,6 @@ void Client::processOptions(const OptionsDescription & options_description,
         max_client_network_bandwidth = options["max_client_network_bandwidth"].as<int>();
     if (options.count("compression"))
         config().setBool("compression", options["compression"].as<bool>());
-    if (options.count("server_logs_file"))
-        server_logs_file = options["server_logs_file"].as<std::string>();
     if (options.count("no-warnings"))
         config().setBool("no-warnings", true);
 
diff --git a/programs/local/LocalServer.cpp b/programs/local/LocalServer.cpp
index 9753e7f7c5d..dc7daf2846a 100644
--- a/programs/local/LocalServer.cpp
+++ b/programs/local/LocalServer.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <Poco/String.h>
 #include <Poco/Logger.h>
 #include <Poco/NullChannel.h>
+#include <Poco/SimpleFileChannel.h>
 #include <Databases/DatabaseMemory.h>
 #include <Storages/System/attachSystemTables.h>
 #include <Storages/System/attachInformationSchemaTables.h>
@@ -182,23 +183,6 @@ void LocalServer::initialize(Poco::Util::Application & self)
         auto loaded_config = config_processor.loadConfig();
         config().add(loaded_config.configuration.duplicate(), PRIO_DEFAULT, false);
     }
-
-    if (config().has("logger.console") || config().has("logger.level") || config().has("logger.log"))
-    {
-        // force enable logging
-        config().setString("logger", "logger");
-        // sensitive data rules are not used here
-        buildLoggers(config(), logger(), "clickhouse-local");
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        // Turn off server logging to stderr
-        if (!config().has("verbose"))
-        {
-            Poco::Logger::root().setLevel("none");
-            Poco::Logger::root().setChannel(Poco::AutoPtr<Poco::NullChannel>(new Poco::NullChannel()));
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 
@@ -497,6 +481,35 @@ void LocalServer::processConfig()
     }
     print_stack_trace = config().getBool("stacktrace", false);
 
+    auto logging = (config().has("logger.console")
+                    || config().has("logger.level")
+                    || config().has("log-level")
+                    || config().has("logger.log"));
+
+    auto file_logging = config().has("server_logs_file");
+    if (is_interactive && logging && !file_logging)
+        throw Exception("For interactive mode logging is allowed only with --server_logs_file option",
+                        ErrorCodes::BAD_ARGUMENTS);
+
+    if (file_logging)
+    {
+        auto level = Poco::Logger::parseLevel(config().getString("log-level", "trace"));
+        Poco::Logger::root().setLevel(level);
+        Poco::Logger::root().setChannel(Poco::AutoPtr<Poco::SimpleFileChannel>(new Poco::SimpleFileChannel(server_logs_file)));
+    }
+    else if (logging)
+    {
+        // force enable logging
+        config().setString("logger", "logger");
+        // sensitive data rules are not used here
+        buildLoggers(config(), logger(), "clickhouse-local");
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        Poco::Logger::root().setLevel("none");
+        Poco::Logger::root().setChannel(Poco::AutoPtr<Poco::NullChannel>(new Poco::NullChannel()));
+    }
+
     shared_context = Context::createShared();
     global_context = Context::createGlobal(shared_context.get());
 
diff --git a/src/Client/ClientBase.cpp b/src/Client/ClientBase.cpp
index 6f2b178067f..ebc6c7d3107 100644
--- a/src/Client/ClientBase.cpp
+++ b/src/Client/ClientBase.cpp
@@ -1612,9 +1612,13 @@ void ClientBase::init(int argc, char ** argv)
 
         ("disable_suggestion,A", "Disable loading suggestion data. Note that suggestion data is loaded asynchronously through a second connection to ClickHouse server. Also it is reasonable to disable suggestion if you want to paste a query with TAB characters. Shorthand option -A is for those who get used to mysql client.")
         ("time,t", "print query execution time to stderr in non-interactive mode (for benchmarks)")
+
         ("echo", "in batch mode, print query before execution")
         ("verbose", "print query and other debugging info")
 
+        ("log-level", po::value<std::string>(), "log level")
+        ("server_logs_file", po::value<std::string>(), "put server logs into specified file")
+
         ("multiline,m", "multiline")
         ("multiquery,n", "multiquery")
 
@@ -1701,6 +1705,8 @@ void ClientBase::init(int argc, char ** argv)
         config().setBool("verbose", true);
     if (options.count("log-level"))
         Poco::Logger::root().setLevel(options["log-level"].as<std::string>());
+    if (options.count("server_logs_file"))
+        server_logs_file = options["server_logs_file"].as<std::string>();
     if (options.count("hardware-utilization"))
         progress_indication.print_hardware_utilization = true;