diff --git a/spectrum/src/CMakeLists.txt b/spectrum/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 3cf5ba1eeeb4cfeaec86f2c57534c714c136d6fc..1787eb0b4cdf3b1025b73c9c9ce5a98abf2d4cc8 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/spectrum/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,3 +15,15 @@ INSTALL(FILES
 	RENAME spectrum.cfg.example
 	DESTINATION /etc/spectrum2
 	)
+
+INSTALL(FILES
+	backend-logging.cfg
+	DESTINATION /etc/spectrum2
+	)
+
+INSTALL(FILES
+	logging.cfg
+	DESTINATION /etc/spectrum2
+	)
+
+
diff --git a/spectrum/src/backend-logging.cfg b/spectrum/src/backend-logging.cfg
index ab7995e9b6a84b30d0b054a7af513c16edfd6253..b5dc2ad80b2cde7eb41c3ae88d73ecbfe2a70127 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/backend-logging.cfg
+++ b/spectrum/src/backend-logging.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 log4j.rootLogger=debug, R
 
 log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
-log4j.appender.R.File=backend-${pid}.log
+log4j.appender.R.File=/var/log/spectrum2/backends/backend-${pid}.log
 
 log4j.appender.R.MaxFileSize=10000KB
 # Keep one backup file
diff --git a/spectrum/src/logging.cfg b/spectrum/src/logging.cfg
index 09cf82a62f23e896ff9340b17c96021f27848663..60f55c4235ce885eb3c6fa20f3ae799b2af1a784 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/logging.cfg
+++ b/spectrum/src/logging.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 log4j.rootLogger=debug, R
 
 log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
-log4j.appender.R.File=spectrum2.log
+log4j.appender.R.File=/var/log/spectrum2/spectrum2.log
 
 log4j.appender.R.MaxFileSize=10000KB
 # Keep one backup file
diff --git a/spectrum/src/sample2.cfg b/spectrum/src/sample2.cfg
index d4e5b417e127b21978ee1c8bad3f4fb1f6c896d4..0f4b565126105a7809488b8411724ab3d7956ff1 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/sample2.cfg
+++ b/spectrum/src/sample2.cfg
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ type=xmpp
 
 [logging]
 # log4cxx/log4j logging configuration file in ini format used for main spectrum2 instance.
-#config = logging.cfg 
+config = /etc/spectrum2/logging.cfg 
 
 # log4cxx/log4j logging configuration file in ini format used for backends.
-#backend_config=backend_logging.cfg # log4cxx/log4j logging configuration file for backends
+backend_config = /etc/spectrum2/backend_logging.cfg # log4cxx/log4j logging configuration file for backends
 
 [database]
 # Database backend type