diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 49d08ba71e..e70f651f53 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ favicon.*
 *.out
 *.version*
 home.html
-
 *~
 robots.txt
 
@@ -74,3 +73,6 @@ venv/
 
 #ignore filesystem storage default path
 /storage
+
+#Ignore log folder
+/log
diff --git a/config/settings.config.php b/config/settings.config.php
index 31e8dbe5b5..bf8b62f158 100644
--- a/config/settings.config.php
+++ b/config/settings.config.php
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ return [
 		// logfile (String)
 		// The logfile for storing logs.
 		// Can be a full path or a relative path to the Friendica home directory
-		'logfile' => 'friendica.log',
+		'logfile' => 'log/friendica.log',
 
 		// loglevel (String)
 		// The loglevel for all logs.