diff --git a/orderly/clean/cleaner.py b/orderly/clean/cleaner.py
index 3584b78..d2539f3 100644
--- a/orderly/clean/cleaner.py
+++ b/orderly/clean/cleaner.py
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ def main(
     clean_config_path = (
         pathlib.Path(output_path).parent / f"{file_name}_clean_config.json"
     )
-    if clean_config_path != "clean.json":
+    if clean_config_path != pathlib.Path("clean.json"):
         clean_config_path = pathlib.Path(clean_config_path)
     else:
         clean_config_path = pathlib.Path(output_path).parent / "clean_config.json"
diff --git a/orderly/plot/plotter.py b/orderly/plot/plotter.py
index 3f5ad46..ffbdd1d 100644
--- a/orderly/plot/plotter.py
+++ b/orderly/plot/plotter.py
@@ -444,8 +444,9 @@ def main_click(
     1) If plot_num_rxn_components_bool: plots the number of reactions with a given number of reactants, products, solvents, agents, catalysts, and reagents
     2) If plot_frequency_of_occurrence_bool: plots the frequency of occurrence of molecules in the dataset
     """
-    _log_file = pathlib.Path(plot_output_path) / f"plot.log"
-    if log_file != "default_path_plot.log":
+    default_log_path = pathlib.Path("default_path_plot.log")
+    _log_file = pathlib.Path(plot_output_path) / "plot.log"
+    if log_file != default_log_path:
         _log_file = pathlib.Path(log_file)
 
     main(