diff --git a/RequestLogger.py b/RequestLogger.py
index 66ef9bf..427a42b 100644
--- a/RequestLogger.py
+++ b/RequestLogger.py
@@ -146,15 +146,11 @@ class FSCLogger:
                     self.return_and_exit(Response(id=request.id, error="invalid config (missing required field(s) '{}'"
                                                                        ")".format(', '.join(missing_fields))))
                 self.log("conf: " + conf['logfile'])
-                
+
                 # validate fields
                 if conf['logfile'] == "":
                     invalid_fields.append('logfile')
-                else:
-                    try:
-                        test = int(conf['logfile'])
-                    except ValueError as _:
-                        invalid_fields.append('logfile')
+                
 
                 if len(invalid_fields) > 0:
                     # return an error as at least one field seems invalid