diff --git a/src/cortex-cli/src/logs_cmd.rs b/src/cortex-cli/src/logs_cmd.rs
index f525efc3..b52a707c 100644
--- a/src/cortex-cli/src/logs_cmd.rs
+++ b/src/cortex-cli/src/logs_cmd.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
 use clap::Parser;
 use serde::Serialize;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 /// Logs CLI command.
 #[derive(Debug, Parser)]
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ fn format_size(bytes: u64) -> String {
     }
 }
 
+fn is_log_file(path: &Path) -> bool {
+    path.file_name()
+        .and_then(|n| n.to_str())
+        .is_some_and(|name| name.ends_with(".log") || name.ends_with(".txt"))
+}
+
 impl LogsCli {
     /// Run the logs command.
     pub async fn run(self) -> Result<()> {
@@ -113,11 +119,8 @@ impl LogsCli {
         if let Ok(entries) = std::fs::read_dir(&logs_dir) {
             for entry in entries.flatten() {
                 let path = entry.path();
-                if path.is_file() {
-                    let name = path.file_name().and_then(|n| n.to_str()).unwrap_or("");
-                    if name.ends_with(".log") || name.ends_with(".txt") {
-                        log_files.push(path);
-                    }
+                if path.is_file() && is_log_file(&path) {
+                    log_files.push(path);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -266,6 +269,7 @@ impl LogsCli {
             for entry in entries.flatten() {
                 let path = entry.path();
                 if path.is_file()
+                    && is_log_file(&path)
                     && let Ok(meta) = entry.metadata()
                 {
                     let modified = meta
diff --git a/src/cortex-cli/tests/logs_paths.rs b/src/cortex-cli/tests/logs_paths.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..531d9957
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cortex-cli/tests/logs_paths.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+use std::fs;
+use std::process::Command;
+
+use tempfile::tempdir;
+
+fn combined_output(output: &std::process::Output) -> String {
+    format!(
+        "{}{}",
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout),
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)
+    )
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn logs_paths_lists_only_log_files() {
+    let home = tempdir().unwrap();
+    let cache = tempdir().unwrap();
+    let logs_dir = cache.path().join("cortex").join("logs");
+    fs::create_dir_all(&logs_dir).unwrap();
+
+    fs::write(logs_dir.join("cortex.log"), "log\n").unwrap();
+    fs::write(logs_dir.join("debug.txt"), "debug\n").unwrap();
+    fs::write(logs_dir.join("state.json"), "{}\n").unwrap();
+    fs::write(logs_dir.join("session.lock"), "locked\n").unwrap();
+
+    let output = Command::new(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_Cortex"))
+        .args(["logs", "--paths"])
+        .env("HOME", home.path())
+        .env("XDG_CACHE_HOME", cache.path())
+        .env_remove("CORTEX_HOME")
+        .output()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    assert!(
+        output.status.success(),
+        "logs --paths failed:\n{}",
+        combined_output(&output)
+    );
+
+    let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
+    assert!(stdout.contains("cortex.log"), "output:\n{stdout}");
+    assert!(stdout.contains("debug.txt"), "output:\n{stdout}");
+    assert!(!stdout.contains("state.json"), "output:\n{stdout}");
+    assert!(!stdout.contains("session.lock"), "output:\n{stdout}");
+}