diff --git a/contrib/epee/src/file_io_utils.cpp b/contrib/epee/src/file_io_utils.cpp
index bc592cb9f..bd401f5c4 100644
--- a/contrib/epee/src/file_io_utils.cpp
+++ b/contrib/epee/src/file_io_utils.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ namespace file_io_utils
 #ifdef _WIN32
                 std::wstring wide_path;
                 try { wide_path = string_tools::utf8_to_utf16(path_to_file); } catch (...) { return false; }
-                HANDLE file_handle = CreateFileW(wide_path.c_str(), GENERIC_READ, 0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
+                HANDLE file_handle = CreateFileW(wide_path.c_str(), GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
                 if (file_handle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
                     return false;
                 DWORD file_size = GetFileSize(file_handle, NULL);
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/logging.cpp b/tests/unit_tests/logging.cpp
index 198293ca2..ffb0c87cc 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/logging.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/logging.cpp
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ TEST(logging, all)
   ASSERT_TRUE(str.find("error") != std::string::npos);
   ASSERT_TRUE(str.find("debug") != std::string::npos);
   ASSERT_TRUE(str.find("trace") != std::string::npos);
+
+  MINFO("after active log read");
+  ASSERT_TRUE(load_log_to_string(log_filename, str));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(str.find("after active log read") != std::string::npos);
   cleanup();
 }