diff --git a/src/cortex-cli/src/debug_cmd/utils.rs b/src/cortex-cli/src/debug_cmd/utils.rs
index fedf63a6f..5724fe1fe 100644
--- a/src/cortex-cli/src/debug_cmd/utils.rs
+++ b/src/cortex-cli/src/debug_cmd/utils.rs
@@ -9,16 +9,12 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 /// Get the cortex home directory.
 pub fn get_cortex_home() -> PathBuf {
-    dirs::home_dir()
-        .map(|h| h.join(".cortex"))
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from(".cortex"))
+    crate::utils::paths::get_cortex_home()
 }
 
 /// Get the cortex home directory (alternative function name for clarity).
 pub fn get_cortex_home_or_default() -> PathBuf {
-    dirs::home_dir()
-        .map(|h| h.join(".cortex"))
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from(".cortex"))
+    get_cortex_home()
 }
 
 /// Calculate directory size.
diff --git a/src/cortex-cli/src/logs_cmd.rs b/src/cortex-cli/src/logs_cmd.rs
index f525efc3c..754369b6b 100644
--- a/src/cortex-cli/src/logs_cmd.rs
+++ b/src/cortex-cli/src/logs_cmd.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ use clap::Parser;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
+use crate::utils::paths::get_cortex_home;
+
 /// Logs CLI command.
 #[derive(Debug, Parser)]
 pub struct LogsCli {
@@ -58,13 +60,7 @@ struct LogFileInfo {
 
 /// Get the logs directory.
 fn get_logs_dir() -> PathBuf {
-    dirs::cache_dir()
-        .map(|c| c.join("cortex").join("logs"))
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| {
-            dirs::home_dir()
-                .map(|h| h.join(".cache").join("cortex").join("logs"))
-                .unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from(".cache/cortex/logs"))
-        })
+    get_cortex_home().join("logs")
 }
 
 /// Format bytes as human-readable string.
diff --git a/src/cortex-cli/tests/logs_paths.rs b/src/cortex-cli/tests/logs_paths.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d7ca0a95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cortex-cli/tests/logs_paths.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process::Command;
+
+#[test]
+fn logs_directory_matches_debug_paths_logs_dir() {
+    let temp_dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("create temp dir");
+    let cortex_home = temp_dir.path().join("cortex-home");
+
+    let debug_output = Command::new(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_Cortex"))
+        .args(["debug", "paths", "--json"])
+        .env("CORTEX_HOME", &cortex_home)
+        .env("NO_COLOR", "1")
+        .output()
+        .expect("run Cortex debug paths");
+
+    assert!(
+        debug_output.status.success(),
+        "debug paths failed\nstdout:\n{}\nstderr:\n{}",
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&debug_output.stdout),
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&debug_output.stderr)
+    );
+
+    let paths: serde_json::Value =
+        serde_json::from_slice(&debug_output.stdout).expect("debug paths should return JSON");
+    let debug_logs_dir = paths["logs_dir"]["path"]
+        .as_str()
+        .expect("debug paths should include logs_dir.path");
+
+    let logs_output = Command::new(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_Cortex"))
+        .args(["logs"])
+        .env("CORTEX_HOME", &cortex_home)
+        .env("NO_COLOR", "1")
+        .output()
+        .expect("run Cortex logs");
+
+    let logs_stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&logs_output.stdout);
+    assert!(
+        logs_output.status.success(),
+        "logs failed\nstdout:{logs_stdout}\nstderr:\n{}",
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&logs_output.stderr)
+    );
+
+    let logs_dir = logs_stdout
+        .lines()
+        .find_map(|line| line.strip_prefix("Logs directory: "))
+        .expect("logs output should include its logs directory");
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        PathBuf::from(logs_dir),
+        PathBuf::from(debug_logs_dir),
+        "cortex logs should report the same logs directory as cortex debug paths"
+    );
+}