diff --git a/capio-common/capio/filesystem.hpp b/capio-common/capio/filesystem.hpp
index f9513c9c4..d9c30e6eb 100644
--- a/capio-common/capio/filesystem.hpp
+++ b/capio-common/capio/filesystem.hpp
@@ -73,10 +73,16 @@ inline bool is_capio_path(const std::filesystem::path &path_to_check) {
     START_LOG(capio_syscall(SYS_gettid), "call(path_to_check=%s)", path_to_check.c_str());
 
     // check if path_to_check begins with CAPIO_DIR
-    const auto res =
-        is_prefix(get_capio_dir(), path_to_check) && !is_forbidden_path(path_to_check.string());
-    LOG("is_capio_path:%s", res ? "yes" : "no");
-    return res;
+    const auto is_prefix_res = is_prefix(get_capio_dir(), path_to_check);
+
+    LOG("IS PREFIX=%s", is_prefix_res ? "TRUE" : "FALSE");
+
+    const auto is_forbidden_res = is_forbidden_path(path_to_check.string());
+
+    LOG("IS FORBIDDEN=%s", is_forbidden_res ? "TRUE" : "FALSE");
+
+    LOG("is_capio_path:%s", is_prefix_res && !is_forbidden_res ? "yes" : "no");
+    return is_prefix_res && !is_forbidden_res;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/capio-posix/handlers/open.hpp b/capio-posix/handlers/open.hpp
index 4038b1fe5..411462dc9 100644
--- a/capio-posix/handlers/open.hpp
+++ b/capio-posix/handlers/open.hpp
@@ -40,18 +40,16 @@ int creat_handler(long arg0, long arg1, long arg2, long arg3, long arg4, long ar
     mode_t mode = static_cast<int>(arg2);
     START_LOG(tid, "call(path=%s, flags=%d, mode=%d)", pathname.data(), flags, mode);
 
-    if (!is_capio_path(pathname)) {
-        LOG("Path %s is forbidden: skip", pathname.data());
-        return CAPIO_POSIX_SYSCALL_REQUEST_SKIP;
-    }
-
     std::string path = compute_abs_path(pathname.data(), -1);
 
-    if (is_capio_path(path)) {
-        create_request(-1, path.data(), tid);
-        LOG("Create request sent");
+    if (!is_capio_path(path)) {
+        LOG("Path %s is forbidden: skip", path.data());
+        return CAPIO_POSIX_SYSCALL_REQUEST_SKIP;
     }
 
+    create_request(-1, path.data(), tid);
+    LOG("Create request sent");
+
     const int fd =
         static_cast<int>(syscall_no_intercept(SYS_creat, arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5));
 
@@ -80,8 +78,8 @@ int open_handler(long arg0, long arg1, long arg2, long arg3, long arg4, long arg
 
     std::string path = compute_abs_path(pathname.data(), -1);
 
-    if (!is_capio_path(pathname)) {
-        LOG("Path %s is not a capio path: skip", pathname.data());
+    if (!is_capio_path(path)) {
+        LOG("Path %s is not a capio path: skip", path.data());
         return CAPIO_POSIX_SYSCALL_REQUEST_SKIP;
     }
 
@@ -122,8 +120,8 @@ int openat_handler(long arg0, long arg1, long arg2, long arg3, long arg4, long a
               mode);
 
     std::string path = compute_abs_path(pathname.data(), dirfd);
-    if (!is_capio_path(pathname)) {
-        LOG("Path %s is not a capio path: skip", pathname.data());
+    if (!is_capio_path(path)) {
+        LOG("Path %s is not a capio path: skip", path.data());
         return CAPIO_POSIX_SYSCALL_REQUEST_SKIP;
     }