diff --git a/src/config.js b/src/config.js
index 7fcf092e0..b9d1670f4 100644
--- a/src/config.js
+++ b/src/config.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 exports = module.exports = {
     baseDir: baseDir,
-    logDir: logDir,
 
     // values set here will be lost after a upgrade/update. use the sqlite database
     // for persistent values that need to be backed up
@@ -62,11 +61,6 @@ function baseDir() {
     if (exports.TEST) return path.join(homeDir, '.cloudron_test');
 }
 
-function logDir() {
-    if (exports.CLOUDRON) return '/var/log';
-    if (exports.TEST) return path.join(homeDir, '.cloudron_test', 'log');
-}
-
 var cloudronConfigFileName = path.join(baseDir(), 'configs/cloudron.conf');
 
 // only tests can run without a config file on disk, they use the defaults with runtime overrides
diff --git a/src/paths.js b/src/paths.js
index f8ca66437..ad0c5f655 100644
--- a/src/paths.js
+++ b/src/paths.js
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ exports = module.exports = {
 
     AUTO_PROVISION_FILE: path.join(config.baseDir(), 'configs/autoprovision.json'),
 
-    LOG_DIR: path.join(config.logDir(), 'cloudron')
+    LOG_DIR: path.join(config.baseDir(), 'platformdata/logs')
 };