diff --git a/setup/start.sh b/setup/start.sh
index 879bc004d..cf4131f81 100755
--- a/setup/start.sh
+++ b/setup/start.sh
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ mkdir -p "${PLATFORM_DATA_DIR}/collectd/collectd.conf.d"
 mkdir -p "${PLATFORM_DATA_DIR}/logrotate.d"
 mkdir -p "${PLATFORM_DATA_DIR}/acme"
 mkdir -p "${PLATFORM_DATA_DIR}/backup"
+mkdir -p "${PLATFORM_DATA_DIR}/logs/backup"
 
 mkdir -p "${BOX_DATA_DIR}/appicons"
 mkdir -p "${BOX_DATA_DIR}/certs"
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ fi
 
 echo "==> Changing ownership"
 chown "${USER}:${USER}" -R "${CONFIG_DIR}"
-chown "${USER}:${USER}" -R "${PLATFORM_DATA_DIR}/nginx" "${PLATFORM_DATA_DIR}/collectd" "${PLATFORM_DATA_DIR}/addons" "${PLATFORM_DATA_DIR}/acme" "${PLATFORM_DATA_DIR}/backup"
+chown "${USER}:${USER}" -R "${PLATFORM_DATA_DIR}/nginx" "${PLATFORM_DATA_DIR}/collectd" "${PLATFORM_DATA_DIR}/addons" "${PLATFORM_DATA_DIR}/acme" "${PLATFORM_DATA_DIR}/backup" "${PLATFORM_DATA_DIR}/logs"
 chown "${USER}:${USER}" "${PLATFORM_DATA_DIR}/INFRA_VERSION" 2>/dev/null || true
 chown "${USER}:${USER}" "${PLATFORM_DATA_DIR}"
 
diff --git a/src/cloudron.js b/src/cloudron.js
index ebcf74c20..5281bb854 100644
--- a/src/cloudron.js
+++ b/src/cloudron.js
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ function getLogs(unit, options, callback) {
                 source: obj.SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER || ''
             }) + '\n';
         });
-    } else { // mail, mongodb, mysql, postgresql
+    } else { // mail, mongodb, mysql, postgresql, backup
         let args = [ '--lines=' + lines ];
         if (follow) args.push('--follow');
         args.push(path.join(paths.LOG_DIR, unit, 'app.log'));
diff --git a/src/paths.js b/src/paths.js
index ad0c5f655..052f15044 100644
--- a/src/paths.js
+++ b/src/paths.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     CLOUDRON_DEFAULT_AVATAR_FILE: path.join(__dirname + '/../assets/avatar.png'),
     INFRA_VERSION_FILE: path.join(config.baseDir(), 'platformdata/INFRA_VERSION'),
     BACKUP_RESULT_FILE: path.join(config.baseDir(), 'platformdata/backup/result.txt'),
-    BACKUP_LOG_FILE: path.join(config.baseDir(), 'platformdata/backup/logs.txt'),
 
     OLD_DATA_DIR: path.join(config.baseDir(), 'data'),
     PLATFORM_DATA_DIR: path.join(config.baseDir(), 'platformdata'),
@@ -35,5 +34,7 @@ exports = module.exports = {
 
     AUTO_PROVISION_FILE: path.join(config.baseDir(), 'configs/autoprovision.json'),
 
-    LOG_DIR: path.join(config.baseDir(), 'platformdata/logs')
+    LOG_DIR: path.join(config.baseDir(), 'platformdata/logs'),
+    // this pattern is for the cloudron logs API route to work
+    BACKUP_LOG_FILE: path.join(config.baseDir(), 'platformdata/logs/backup/app.log'),
 };