diff --git a/mpsd-software-environment.py b/mpsd-software-environment.py
index 5ed317e73b5818f01f39b54eb405c3bee14e7d7f..10be2df4b08cdced54c016040df7b77385025388 100755
--- a/mpsd-software-environment.py
+++ b/mpsd-software-environment.py
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ def read_metadata_from_logfile(logfile: Union[str, Path]) -> dict:
     }
 
 
-def get_installer_log_file(mpsd_release: str, cmd: str, script_dir: str) -> str:
-    """Get installer log file name."""
+def get_installer_log_file_path(mpsd_release: str, cmd: str, script_dir: str) -> str:
+    """Get installer log file path."""
     # Get machine configs
     os.environ.get("MPSD_OS", "UNKNOWN_OS")
     mpsd_microarch = get_native_microarchitecture()
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def get_installer_log_file(mpsd_release: str, cmd: str, script_dir: str) -> str:
     return installer_log_file
 
 
-def set_up_logging(loglevel="warning", filename=None):
+def set_up_logging(loglevel="warning", file_path=None):
     """Set up logging.
 
     This function sets up the logging configuration for the script.
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ def set_up_logging(loglevel="warning", filename=None):
          - warning (default): only print statements if something is unexpected
          - info (show more detailed progress)
          - debug (show very detailed output)
-    filename : str
+    file_path : str
          - filename to save logging messages into
 
     If loglevel is 'debug', save line numbers in log messages.
@@ -280,8 +280,8 @@ def set_up_logging(loglevel="warning", filename=None):
     logger.handlers = [shell_handler]
 
     # if filename provided, write log messages to that file, too.
-    if filename:
-        file_handler = logging.FileHandler(filename)
+    if file_path:
+        file_handler = logging.FileHandler(file_path)
         # if we have a file, we write all information in there.
         # We could change the level, for example restrict to only DEBUG and above with
         # file_handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
@@ -305,9 +305,9 @@ def set_up_logging(loglevel="warning", filename=None):
     print_log.addHandler(ch)
 
     # if filename provided, write output of print_log to that file, too
-    if filename:
+    if file_path:
         # create, format and add file handler
-        fh = logging.FileHandler(filename)
+        fh = logging.FileHandler(file_path)
         fh.setFormatter(formatter)
         print_log.addHandler(fh)
 
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ def set_up_logging(loglevel="warning", filename=None):
     #
     logging.debug(
         f"Logging has been setup, loglevel={loglevel.upper()} "
-        + f"{filename=} {rich_available=}"
+        + f"{file_path=} {rich_available=}"
     )
 
 
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ def install_environment(
                 mpsd_release, mpsd_microarch, "install", toolchain=toolchain
             )
             build_log_folder = release_base_dir / "logs"
-            build_log_file = build_log_folder / build_log_file_name
+            build_log_path = build_log_folder / build_log_file_name
             # if logs folder dosent exist, create it
             if not os.path.exists(build_log_folder):
                 os.makedirs(build_log_folder)
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ def install_environment(
             setup_log_cmd(
                 mpsd_release,
                 script_dir,
-                msg=f"installing {toolchain} and logging at {build_log_file}",
+                msg=f"installing {toolchain} and logging at {build_log_path}",
             )
             setup_log_cmd(
                 mpsd_release,
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ def install_environment(
             )
             run(
                 f"bash {spack_setup_script} {' '.join(install_flags)} {toolchain} 2>&1 "
-                f"| tee -a {build_log_file} ",
+                f"| tee -a {build_log_path} ",
                 shell=True,
                 check=True,
             )
@@ -918,7 +918,8 @@ def main():
     script_dir = Path(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
 
     set_up_logging(
-        args.loglevel, get_installer_log_file(args.release, args.action, script_dir)
+        args.loglevel,
+        get_installer_log_file_path(args.release, args.action, script_dir),
     )
 
     # Check the command and run related function
diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index 6a890d5c80002ee740357a5a69751f8a23eac624..01be0fd7124654763f17c7ebbd9cd6c3149283d2 100644
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ mod = importlib.import_module("mpsd-software-environment")
 
 # set loglevel to debug - useful for understanding problems.
 # (if the tests pass, pytest doesn't show any output)
-mod.set_up_logging(loglevel="debug", filename="tests.log")
+mod.set_up_logging(loglevel="debug", file_path="tests.log")
 logging.debug(f"We have set up logging from {__file__}")
 
 
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ def test_install_environment_zlib():
     # install global_generic toolchain
     mod.set_up_logging(
         "WARNING",
-        mod.get_installer_log_file(mpsd_release_to_test, "install", script_dir),
+        mod.get_installer_log_file_path(mpsd_release_to_test, "install", script_dir),
     )
     mod.install_environment(
         mpsd_release=mpsd_release_to_test,
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ def test_install_environment_zlib():
     importlib.reload(mod)
     mod.set_up_logging(
         "WARNING",
-        mod.get_installer_log_file(mpsd_release_to_test, "install", script_dir),
+        mod.get_installer_log_file_path(mpsd_release_to_test, "install", script_dir),
     )
     mod.install_environment(
         mpsd_release=mpsd_release_to_test,
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ def test_metadata_logging(tmp_path):
     # Test that the metadata is logged correctly
     filename = tmp_path / "test-metadata.log"
     print(f"Writing to {filename}")
-    mod.set_up_logging(loglevel="debug", filename=filename)
+    mod.set_up_logging(loglevel="debug", file_path=filename)
 
     # our test data
     keys = ["important_key", "important_key2"]