diff --git a/swh/fuse/cli.py b/swh/fuse/cli.py
--- a/swh/fuse/cli.py
+++ b/swh/fuse/cli.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import asyncio
 from contextlib import ExitStack
+import logging
 import os
 
 # WARNING: do not import unnecessary things here to keep cli startup time under
@@ -114,7 +115,11 @@
     from swh.fuse import fuse
 
     conf = config.read(config_file, DEFAULT_CONFIG)
+    # TODO: set default logging settings when --log-config is not passed
+    # DEFAULT_LOG_PATH = Path(".local/swh/fuse/mount.log")
     with ExitStack() as stack:
         if not foreground:
-            stack.enter_context(DaemonContext())
+            # Do not close file handlers used for logging
+            file_handlers = [x.stream.fileno() for x in logging.root.handlers]
+            stack.enter_context(DaemonContext(files_preserve=file_handlers))
         asyncio.run(fuse.main(swhids, path, conf))