diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Api/Extensions/RequestExtensions.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Api/Extensions/RequestExtensions.cs
index 02686deb6..672cdb7d5 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Api/Extensions/RequestExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Api/Extensions/RequestExtensions.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Api.Extensions
     {
         public static bool IsApiRequest(this Request request)
         {
-            return request.Path.StartsWith("/api/", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
+            return request.Path.StartsWith("/api/", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase) || request.IsLogFileRequest();
         }
 
         public static bool IsSignalRRequest(this Request request)
@@ -21,5 +21,11 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Api.Extensions
                     request.UserHostAddress.Equals("127.0.0.1") ||
                     request.UserHostAddress.Equals("::1"));
         }
+
+        private static bool IsLogFileRequest(this Request request)
+        {
+            return request.Path.StartsWith("/log/", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase) &&
+                   request.Path.EndsWith(".txt", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Api/Frontend/Mappers/LogFileMapper.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Api/Frontend/Mappers/LogFileMapper.cs
index e41a9b711..f251fff97 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Api/Frontend/Mappers/LogFileMapper.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Api/Frontend/Mappers/LogFileMapper.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Api.Frontend.Mappers
 
         public override bool CanHandle(string resourceUrl)
         {
-            return resourceUrl.StartsWith("/log") && resourceUrl.EndsWith(".txt");
+            return resourceUrl.StartsWith("/log/") && resourceUrl.EndsWith(".txt");
         }
     }
 }
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