diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/RotatingFileHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/RotatingFileHandler.php
index 96c264e5..5d694f32 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/RotatingFileHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/RotatingFileHandler.php
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ class RotatingFileHandler extends StreamHandler
     {
         $this->filenameFormat = $filenameFormat;
         $this->dateFormat = $dateFormat;
+        $this->url = $this->getTimedFilename();
+        $this->close();
     }
 
     /**