diff --git a/log-handler.c b/log-handler.c
index 79b0f99..571fba6 100644
--- a/log-handler.c
+++ b/log-handler.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
 	filename = config_get_section_value(config, console->console_id,
 					    "logfile");
 
-	if (!filename && console->server->n_consoles == 1) {
+	if (!filename && config_count_sections(config) == 0) {
 		filename = config_get_value(config, "logfile");
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index d8bcb60..d36d15c 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 server_tests = [
   'test-console-logs-to-file',
+  'test-console-logs-to-file-no-sections',
   'test-console-socket-read',
   'test-console-socket-write',
   'test-multiple-consoles',
diff --git a/test/test-console-logs-to-file-no-sections b/test/test-console-logs-to-file-no-sections
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8d4e052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-console-logs-to-file-no-sections
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/usr/bin/sh
+
+set -eux
+
+SOCAT="$1"
+SERVER="$2"
+
+# Meet DBus bus and path name constraints, append own PID for parallel runs
+TEST_NAME="$(basename "$0" | tr '-' '_')"_${$}
+TEST_DIR="$(mktemp --tmpdir --directory "${TEST_NAME}.XXXXXX")"
+PTYS_PID=""
+SERVER_PID=""
+
+cd "$TEST_DIR"
+
+cleanup()
+{
+  [ -z "$SERVER_PID" ] || kill -s INT "$SERVER_PID"
+  [ -z "$PTYS_PID" ] || kill "$PTYS_PID"
+  wait
+  cd -
+  rm -rf "$TEST_DIR"
+}
+
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+TEST_CONF="${TEST_NAME}.conf"
+TEST_LOG="${TEST_NAME}.log"
+
+cat <<EOF > "$TEST_CONF"
+logfile = $TEST_LOG
+console-id = $TEST_NAME
+EOF
+
+"$SOCAT" -u PTY,raw,echo=0,link=remote PTY,raw,echo=0,wait-slave,link=local &
+PTYS_PID="$!"
+while ! [ -e remote ] || ! [ -e local ]; do sleep 1; done
+
+"$SERVER" --config "$TEST_CONF" "$(realpath local)" &
+SERVER_PID="$!"
+while ! busctl status --user xyz.openbmc_project.Console."${TEST_NAME}"; do sleep 1; done
+
+echo console-should-log-to-file-legacy-syntax > remote
+sleep 1
+grep -LF console-should-log-to-file-legacy-syntax "$TEST_LOG"