diff --git a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/server_utils/island_logger.py b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/server_utils/island_logger.py
index c0f55a3aa..cf89c76f7 100644
--- a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/server_utils/island_logger.py
+++ b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/server_utils/island_logger.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import logging
 import logging.handlers
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Mapping
+from typing import Optional
 
 ISLAND_LOG_FILENAME = "monkey_island.log"
 LOG_FORMAT = "%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(filename)s:%(lineno)s - %(funcName)s() - %(message)s"
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ def reset_logger():
         logger.removeHandler(handler)
 
 
-def get_log_file() -> Mapping:
+def get_log_file_path() -> Optional[str]:
     """
-    This is a helper function for the Monkey Island log download function.
-    It finds the logger handlers and checks if one of them is a fileHandler of any kind by
-    checking if the handler has the property handler.baseFilename.
+    Finds the log file by finding the logger handlers and checking if one of them is a fileHandler
+    of any kind by checking if the handler has the property handler.baseFilename.
 
-    :return: A dict with log file contents
+    :return: Log file path
     """
+
     logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
     logger_handlers = logger.parent.handlers
@@ -81,9 +81,7 @@ def get_log_file() -> Mapping:
         if hasattr(handler, "baseFilename"):
             logger.info("Log file found: {0}".format(handler.baseFilename))
             log_file_path = handler.baseFilename
-            with open(log_file_path, "rt") as f:
-                log_file = f.read()
-            return {"log_file": log_file}
+            return log_file_path
 
     logger.warning("No log file could be found, check logger config.")
     return None