diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/core/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index 8316c12ef5..1d7ac58300 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
     </appender>
 
     <appender name="FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
-        <file>bitsquare.log</file>
+        <file>.bitsquare_logs/bitsquare.log</file>
         <append>false</append>
         <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
-            <fileNamePattern>bitsquare.%i.log</fileNamePattern>
+            <fileNamePattern>.bitsquare_logs/bitsquare_%i.log</fileNamePattern>
             <minIndex>1</minIndex>
             <maxIndex>10</maxIndex>
         </rollingPolicy>