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