diff --git a/cloud/config-docker.json b/cloud/config-docker.json
index e7494c17..03c158da 100644
--- a/cloud/config-docker.json
+++ b/cloud/config-docker.json
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
   "log": {
     "level": "DEBUG",
     "format": "%(asctime)s %(levelname)s [%(name)s] %(message)s",
-    "output": "pythagora.log"
+    "output": "data/pythagora.log"
   },
   "db": {
     "url": "sqlite+aiosqlite:///data/database/pythagora.db",
diff --git a/core/config/__init__.py b/core/config/__init__.py
index b2842002..c0e38787 100644
--- a/core/config/__init__.py
+++ b/core/config/__init__.py
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ class LogConfig(_StrictModel):
         description="Logging format",
     )
     output: Optional[str] = Field(
-        "pythagora.log",
+        "data/pythagora.log",
         description="Output file for logs (if not specified, logs are printed to stderr)",
     )
     max_lines: int = Field(