diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4eba2a62eb71410f749c283a409a288380cd5424..c10780c628ad54d5dba5c4108b0a5ba6254a29fc 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.13.0
+3.13.1
diff --git a/autosubmit/autosubmit.py b/autosubmit/autosubmit.py
index c035dc9c02b93b9b9ed0ab79ecec377ec44a6142..f9b7910aefb981a7a528d15726d7426559a9c657 100644
--- a/autosubmit/autosubmit.py
+++ b/autosubmit/autosubmit.py
@@ -563,8 +563,9 @@ class Autosubmit:
         expid = "None"
         if hasattr(args, 'expid'):
             expid = args.expid
-        Autosubmit._init_logs(
-            args, args.logconsole, args.logfile, expid)
+        if args.command != "configure" and args.command != "install":
+            Autosubmit._init_logs(
+                args, args.logconsole, args.logfile, expid)
 
         if args.command == 'run':
             return Autosubmit.run_experiment(args.expid, args.notransitive, args.update_version, args.start_time, args.start_after, args.run_members)
@@ -2581,9 +2582,9 @@ class Autosubmit:
             backup_files = []
             backup_conf = []
             error = False
+            err_message = 'Invalid Configuration:'
             for platform in platforms:
                 # Checks
-                err_message = 'Invalid Configuration:'
                 Log.info(
                     "Checking [{0}] from platforms configuration...", platform)
                 if as_conf.get_migrate_user_to(platform) == '':