diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 34c5b6805..c5bf92ccb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 /_test
 /vendor/bin
 /docker/build
+/logs
 
 # Architecture specific extensions/prefixes
 *.[568vq]
diff --git a/dendrite-config.yaml b/dendrite-config.yaml
index 13564590d..402987f98 100644
--- a/dendrite-config.yaml
+++ b/dendrite-config.yaml
@@ -383,4 +383,4 @@ logging:
 - type: file
   level: info
   params:
-    path: /var/log/dendrite
+    path: ./logs