diff --git a/lib/App/Yath/Options/Finder.pm b/lib/App/Yath/Options/Finder.pm
index 426ea1b3b..b2babc272 100644
--- a/lib/App/Yath/Options/Finder.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Yath/Options/Finder.pm
@@ -250,7 +250,10 @@ sub _post_process {
 
         push @{$finder->rerun_modes} => $mode;
 
-        next if $val eq '1';
+        if ($val eq '1') {
+            $rerun //= '1';
+            next;
+        }
 
         $rerun //= $val;
         $rerun = $val if $rerun eq '1';
diff --git a/t/integration/rerun_failed.t b/t/integration/rerun_failed.t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46587b158
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/integration/rerun_failed.t
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+use Test2::V0;
+use File::Temp qw/tempdir/;
+use File::Spec;
+use Cwd qw/getcwd/;
+
+use App::Yath::Tester qw/yath/;
+
+my $dir = __FILE__;
+$dir =~ s{\.t$}{}g;
+$dir =~ s{^\./}{};
+
+# GH #283: yath --rerun-failed should use the default lastlog.jsonl location
+# when no explicit log path is given.
+
+my $workdir = tempdir(CLEANUP => 1);
+
+# Step 1: Run tests with logging enabled to generate a lastlog.jsonl
+yath(
+    command => 'test',
+    args    => [$dir, '--ext=tx', '-L', '--log-dir' => $workdir],
+    exit    => T(),
+    test    => sub {
+        my $out = shift;
+        like($out->{output}, qr{fail\.tx}, "first run saw the failing test");
+        like($out->{output}, qr{pass\.tx}, "first run saw the passing test");
+        like($out->{output}, qr{lastlog\.jsonl}, "first run created lastlog symlink");
+    },
+);
+
+# Step 2: Verify the lastlog.jsonl symlink exists
+ok(-e './lastlog.jsonl', 'lastlog.jsonl symlink exists after first run');
+
+# Step 3: Run --rerun-failed without specifying a log path
+yath(
+    command => 'test',
+    args    => ['--rerun-failed', '--ext=tx'],
+    exit    => T(),
+    test    => sub {
+        my $out = shift;
+        like($out->{output}, qr{fail\.tx}, "rerun-failed ran the failed test");
+        unlike($out->{output}, qr{pass\.tx}, "rerun-failed did not run the passing test");
+    },
+);
+
+# Cleanup the lastlog symlink we created
+unlink('./lastlog.jsonl');
+
+done_testing;
diff --git a/t/integration/rerun_failed/fail.tx b/t/integration/rerun_failed/fail.tx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43683a060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/integration/rerun_failed/fail.tx
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+use Test2::V0;
+
+ok(0, "Fail");
+
+done_testing;
diff --git a/t/integration/rerun_failed/pass.tx b/t/integration/rerun_failed/pass.tx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..091c40926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/integration/rerun_failed/pass.tx
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+use Test2::V0;
+
+ok(1, "Pass");
+
+done_testing;