diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/runelite-client/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index f995bee979..d3a5ffbcad 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
         <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
             <!-- daily rollover -->
-            <fileNamePattern>client_%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.log</fileNamePattern>
+            <fileNamePattern>${user.home}/.runelite/logs/client_%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.log</fileNamePattern>
 
             <!-- when file size is larger than defined, roll to new file -->
             <timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedFNATP">