diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7341d10bd1d..9e04b721077 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ Configuration is assisted with auto-completion and validation in most commonly u
 | [**PRE_COMMANDS**](#pre-commands)                          | \[\]                                     | Custom bash commands to run before linters                                                                                                                                                                 |
 | **PRINT_ALPACA**                                           | `true`                                   | Enable printing alpaca image to console                                                                                                                                                                    |
 | **PRINT_ALL_FILES**                                        | `false`                                  | Display all files analyzed by the linter instead of only the number                                                                                                                                        |
-| **REPORT_OUTPUT_FOLDER**                                   | `${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/megalinter-reports` | Directory for generating report files. Send `none` to not generate reports                                                                                                                                 |
+| **REPORT_OUTPUT_FOLDER**                                   | `${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/megalinter-reports` | Directory for generating report files. Set to `none` to not generate reports                                                                                                                               |
 | **SHOW_ELAPSED_TIME**                                      | `false`                                  | Displays elapsed time in reports                                                                                                                                                                           |
 | **SHOW_SKIPPED_LINTERS**                                   | `true`                                   | Displays all disabled linters mega-linter could have run                                                                                                                                                   |
 | **SKIP_CLI_LINT_MODES**                                    | \[\]                                     | Comma-separated list of cli_lint_modes. To use if you want to skip linters with some CLI lint modes (ex: `file,project`). Available values: `file`,`cli_lint_mode`,`project`.                              |
diff --git a/megalinter/MegaLinter.py b/megalinter/MegaLinter.py
index 8f2e9862e84..0c6c7b37016 100644
--- a/megalinter/MegaLinter.py
+++ b/megalinter/MegaLinter.py
@@ -761,10 +761,10 @@ def initialize_logger(self):
             if logging_level_key in logging_level_list
             else logging.INFO
         )
-        log_file = (
-            self.report_folder + os.path.sep + config.get("LOG_FILE", "megalinter.log")
-        )
-        if config.get("LOG_FILE", "") == "none":
+
+        if config.get("LOG_FILE", "") == "none" or not utils.can_write_report_files(
+            self
+        ):
             # Do not log console output in a file
             logging.basicConfig(
                 force=True,
@@ -775,6 +775,11 @@ def initialize_logger(self):
                 ],
             )
         else:
+            log_file = (
+                self.report_folder
+                + os.path.sep
+                + config.get("LOG_FILE", "megalinter.log")
+            )
             # Log console output in a file
             if not os.path.isdir(os.path.dirname(log_file)):
                 os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(log_file), exist_ok=True)
diff --git a/megalinter/linters/CSpellLinter.py b/megalinter/linters/CSpellLinter.py
index 6de9a5a6cce..57e2bccfe9d 100644
--- a/megalinter/linters/CSpellLinter.py
+++ b/megalinter/linters/CSpellLinter.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def execute_lint_command(self, command):
     # noinspection PyMethodMayBeStatic
     def complete_text_reporter_report(self, reporter_self):
         # Collect detected words from logs
-        if self.stdout is None:
+        if self.stdout is None or not utils.can_write_report_files(self.master):
             return []
         whitelisted_words = []
         for log_line in self.stdout.split("\n"):