diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4a98e8b..1208b11 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Copy `config.example.toml` to `/etc/ddns-service/config.toml` or `./config.toml`
 # log_target = "stdout"  # default: "stdout", or "syslog", "file"
 # syslog_socket = "/dev/log"  # default: "/dev/log"
 # syslog_facility = "daemon"  # default: "daemon"
-# log_file = "/var/log/ddns-service.log"  # default, used if log_target = "file"
+# log_file = "/var/log/ddns-service/ddns-service.log"  # default, used if log_target = "file"
 # log_file_size = 52428800  # default: 52428800 (50 MB in bytes)
 # log_versions = 5  # default: 5 backup files
 # log_requests = false  # default: false
diff --git a/files/config.example.toml b/files/config.example.toml
index 4a3c862..e8fb247 100644
--- a/files/config.example.toml
+++ b/files/config.example.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # log_target = "stdout"  # default, "stdout", "syslog" or "file"
 # syslog_socket = "/dev/log"  # default
 # syslog_facility = "daemon"  # default
-# log_file = "/var/log/ddns-service.log"  # default, used if log_target = "file"
+# log_file = "/var/log/ddns-service/ddns-service.log"  # default, used if log_target = "file"
 # log_file_size = 52428800  # default, 50 MB in bytes
 # log_versions = 5  # default, 5 backup files
 # log_requests = false  # default
diff --git a/src/ddns_service/config.py b/src/ddns_service/config.py
index 41d52a0..dbc38ed 100644
--- a/src/ddns_service/config.py
+++ b/src/ddns_service/config.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def load_config(config_path):
     cfg["daemon"].setdefault("log_target", "stdout")
     cfg["daemon"].setdefault("syslog_socket", "/dev/log")
     cfg["daemon"].setdefault("syslog_facility", "daemon")
-    cfg["daemon"].setdefault("log_file", "/var/log/ddns-service.log")
+    cfg["daemon"].setdefault("log_file", "/var/log/ddns-service/ddns-service.log")
     cfg["daemon"].setdefault("log_file_size", 52428800)
     cfg["daemon"].setdefault("log_versions", 5)
     cfg["daemon"].setdefault("log_requests", False)
diff --git a/src/ddns_service/logging.py b/src/ddns_service/logging.py
index 2d16f3f..678e822 100644
--- a/src/ddns_service/logging.py
+++ b/src/ddns_service/logging.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def setup_logging(
     target="stdout",
     syslog_socket="/dev/log",
     syslog_facility="daemon",
-    log_file="/var/log/ddns-service.log",
+    log_file="/var/log/ddns-service/ddns-service.log",
     log_file_size=52428800,
     log_versions=5,
 ):