diff --git a/src/gui/syncrunfilelog.cpp b/src/gui/syncrunfilelog.cpp
index 5610fb6a02ff7..d453b6ca2e9c8 100644
--- a/src/gui/syncrunfilelog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/syncrunfilelog.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <QRegularExpression>
 
 #include "syncrunfilelog.h"
-#include "common/utility.h"
+#include "libsync/configfile.h"
 #include "filesystem.h"
 #include <qfileinfo.h>
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ void SyncRunFileLog::start(const QString &folderPath)
 {
     const qint64 logfileMaxSize = 10 * 1024 * 1024; // 10MiB
 
-    const QString logpath = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation);
+    const QString logpath = ConfigFile().logDir();
     if(!QDir(logpath).exists()) {
         QDir().mkdir(logpath);
     }
diff --git a/src/libsync/configfile.cpp b/src/libsync/configfile.cpp
index 2b1cda432e597..437ab16d056f6 100644
--- a/src/libsync/configfile.cpp
+++ b/src/libsync/configfile.cpp
@@ -1113,7 +1113,10 @@ void ConfigFile::setAutomaticLogDir(bool enabled)
 
 QString ConfigFile::logDir() const
 {
-    const auto defaultLogDir = QString(configPath() + QStringLiteral("/logs"));
+    const auto defaultLogDir = QString(
+        QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation)
+        + QStringLiteral("/logs")
+    );
     QSettings settings(configFile(), QSettings::IniFormat);
     return settings.value(QLatin1String(logDirC), defaultLogDir).toString();
 }