diff --git a/etc/examples/global.conf b/etc/examples/global.conf
index dff079cec..0787eb2d2 100644
--- a/etc/examples/global.conf
+++ b/etc/examples/global.conf
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ logging = {
 							# One of: "warn", "info", "error", "off", "info"
 
 
-	file = "/var/log/villas-node.log"		# File for logs
+	file = "/tmp/villas-node.log"			# File for logs
 	
 	syslog = true					# Log to syslogd
 }