diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fcd2c00e..b51df993 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ services:
       - sh
       - -c
       # Customize network ('mainnet' or 'testnet') and RPC address/port if needed
-      - python initialize.py -net 'mainnet' -rpc '127.0.0.1:10009' -wn && python controller.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8889 > /var/log/lndg-controller.log 2>&1
+      - python initialize.py -net 'mainnet' -rpc '127.0.0.1:10009' -wn && python controller.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8889
     # Use host network mode for simplicity, adjust if needed
     network_mode: "host"
 ```
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 82bb591f..8efbdfe2 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ services:
     command:
       - sh
       - -c
-      - python initialize.py -net 'mainnet' -rpc 'localhost:10009' -wn && python controller.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 > /app/data/lndg-controller.log 2>&1
+      - python initialize.py -net 'mainnet' -rpc 'localhost:10009' -wn && python controller.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
     ports:
       - 8889:8000
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gui/views.py b/gui/views.py
index 4e980cfa..41273242 100644
--- a/gui/views.py
+++ b/gui/views.py
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ def logs(request):
         try:
             count = request.GET.get('tail', 20)
             grep = request.GET.get('grep', None)
-            logfile = 'data/lndg-controller.log'
+            logfile = path.join(settings.BASE_DIR, 'data/lndg-controller.log')
             file_size = path.getsize(logfile)-2
             if file_size == 0:
                 logs = ['Logs are empty....']
diff --git a/initialize.py b/initialize.py
index 513de730..673a1102 100644
--- a/initialize.py
+++ b/initialize.py
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def write_settings(node_ip, lnd_tls_path, lnd_macaroon_path, lnd_database_path,
         'app-file': {
             'level': 'INFO',
             'class': 'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler',
-            'filename': 'data/lndg-controller.log',
+            'filename': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'data/lndg-controller.log'),
             'maxBytes': 25*(1024*1024),
             'backupCount': 5,
             'formatter': 'verbose',
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ def write_settings(node_ip, lnd_tls_path, lnd_macaroon_path, lnd_database_path,
         'web-file': {
             'level': 'INFO',
             'class': 'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler',
-            'filename': 'data/lndg-web.log',
+            'filename': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'data/lndg-web.log'),
             'maxBytes': 25*(1024*1024),
             'backupCount': 5,
             'formatter': 'verbose',
diff --git a/systemd.md b/systemd.md
index 4b4a52f1..fc61bc18 100644
--- a/systemd.md
+++ b/systemd.md
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ Description=Backend Controller For Lndg
 Environment=PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 User=<run_as_user>
 Group=<run_as_user>
+WorkingDirectory=/home/<run_as_user>/lndg
 ExecStart=/home/<run_as_user>/lndg/.venv/bin/python /home/<run_as_user>/lndg/controller.py
-StandardOutput=append:/var/log/lndg-controller.log
-StandardError=append:/var/log/lndg-controller.log
+StandardOutput=journal
+StandardError=journal
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=60s
 [Install]
diff --git a/systemd.sh b/systemd.sh
index c774df67..d1eb98b4 100644
--- a/systemd.sh
+++ b/systemd.sh
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ Description=Run Backend Controller For Lndg
 Environment=PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 User=$INSTALL_USER
 Group=$INSTALL_USER
+WorkingDirectory=$LNDG_DIR
 ExecStart=$LNDG_DIR/.venv/bin/python $LNDG_DIR/controller.py
-StandardOutput=append:/var/log/lndg-controller.log
-StandardError=append:/var/log/lndg-controller.log
+StandardOutput=journal
+StandardError=journal
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=60s
 [Install]