diff --git a/src/CommonLib/resources.h b/src/CommonLib/resources.h
index 2660644625..c093e8bf06 100644
--- a/src/CommonLib/resources.h
+++ b/src/CommonLib/resources.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #define ASPNETCORE_EVENT_PROCESS_START_SUCCESS_MSG           L"Application '%s' started process '%d' successfully and is listening on port '%d'."
 #define ASPNETCORE_EVENT_RAPID_FAIL_COUNT_EXCEEDED_MSG       L"Maximum rapid fail count per minute of '%d' exceeded."
 #define ASPNETCORE_EVENT_PROCESS_START_ERROR_MSG             L"Application '%s' with physical root '%s' failed to start process with commandline '%s' at stage '%s', ErrorCode = '0x%x', retryCounter '%d'."
-#define ASPNETCORE_EVENT_PROCESS_START_FAILURE_MSG           L"Application '%s' with physical root '%s' failed to start process with commandline '%s'with multiple retries. The last try of listening port is '%d'. See pervious warnings for details."
+#define ASPNETCORE_EVENT_PROCESS_START_FAILURE_MSG           L"Application '%s' with physical root '%s' failed to start process with commandline '%s' with multiple retries. The last try of listening port is '%d'. See pervious warnings for details."
 #define ASPNETCORE_EVENT_PROCESS_START_STATUS_ERROR_MSG      L"Application '%s' with physical root '%s' failed to start process with commandline '%s' , ErrorCode = '0x%x', processStatus '%d'."
 #define ASPNETCORE_EVENT_PROCESS_START_PORTSETUP_ERROR_MSG   L"Application '%s' with physical root '%s' failed to choose listen port '%d' given port rang '%d - %d', EorrorCode = '0x%x'. If environment variable 'ASPNETCORE_PORT' was set, try removing it such that a random port is selected instead."
 #define ASPNETCORE_EVENT_PROCESS_START_WRONGPORT_ERROR_MSG   L"Application '%s' with physical root '%s' created process with commandline '%s' but failed to listen on the given port '%d'"
diff --git a/src/RequestHandler/outofprocess/serverprocess.cxx b/src/RequestHandler/outofprocess/serverprocess.cxx
index 431cc41a3f..08ef028aef 100644
--- a/src/RequestHandler/outofprocess/serverprocess.cxx
+++ b/src/RequestHandler/outofprocess/serverprocess.cxx
@@ -926,6 +926,7 @@ Finished:
         if (SUCCEEDED(strEventMsg.SafeSnwprintf(
             ASPNETCORE_EVENT_PROCESS_START_FAILURE_MSG,
             m_struAppFullPath.QueryStr(),
+            m_struPhysicalPath.QueryStr(),
             m_struCommandLine.QueryStr(),
             m_dwPort)))
         {
@@ -998,12 +999,6 @@ SERVER_PROCESS::SetupStdHandles(
         goto Finished;
     }
 
-    hr = UTILITY::EnsureDirectoryPathExist(struPath.QueryStr());
-    if (FAILED(hr))
-    {
-        goto Finished;
-    }
-
     GetSystemTime(&systemTime);
     hr = m_struFullLogFile.SafeSnwprintf(L"%s_%d%02d%02d%02d%02d%02d_%d.log",
         struPath.QueryStr(),
@@ -1019,6 +1014,12 @@ SERVER_PROCESS::SetupStdHandles(
         goto Finished;
     }
 
+    hr = UTILITY::EnsureDirectoryPathExist(struPath.QueryStr());
+    if (FAILED(hr))
+    {
+        goto Finished;
+    }
+
     saAttr.nLength = sizeof(SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES);
     saAttr.bInheritHandle = TRUE;
     saAttr.lpSecurityDescriptor = NULL;
@@ -1057,8 +1058,6 @@ SERVER_PROCESS::SetupStdHandles(
 Finished:
     if (FAILED(hr))
     {
-        // The log file was not created yet in case of failure. No need to clean it
-        m_struFullLogFile.Reset();
         pStartupInfo->dwFlags = STARTF_USESTDHANDLES;
         pStartupInfo->hStdInput = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
         pStartupInfo->hStdError = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
@@ -1070,7 +1069,7 @@ Finished:
             STRU              strEventMsg;
             if (SUCCEEDED(strEventMsg.SafeSnwprintf(
                 ASPNETCORE_EVENT_INVALID_STDOUT_LOG_FILE_MSG,
-                m_struFullLogFile.QueryStr(),
+                m_struFullLogFile.IsEmpty()? m_struLogFile.QueryStr() : m_struFullLogFile.QueryStr(),
                 hr)))
             {
                 UTILITY::LogEvent(g_hEventLog,
@@ -1079,6 +1078,8 @@ Finished:
                     strEventMsg.QueryStr());
             }
         }
+        // The log file was not created yet in case of failure. No need to clean it
+        m_struFullLogFile.Reset();
     }
     return hr;
 }