diff --git a/spectrum/src/CMakeLists.txt b/spectrum/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 3cf5ba1e..1787eb0b 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/spectrum/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,3 +15,15 @@ INSTALL(FILES
 	RENAME spectrum.cfg.example
 	DESTINATION /etc/spectrum2
 	)
+
+INSTALL(FILES
+	backend-logging.cfg
+	DESTINATION /etc/spectrum2
+	)
+
+INSTALL(FILES
+	logging.cfg
+	DESTINATION /etc/spectrum2
+	)
+
+
diff --git a/spectrum/src/backend-logging.cfg b/spectrum/src/backend-logging.cfg
index ab7995e9..b5dc2ad8 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/backend-logging.cfg
+++ b/spectrum/src/backend-logging.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 log4j.rootLogger=debug, R
 
 log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
-log4j.appender.R.File=backend-${pid}.log
+log4j.appender.R.File=/var/log/spectrum2/backends/backend-${pid}.log
 
 log4j.appender.R.MaxFileSize=10000KB
 # Keep one backup file
diff --git a/spectrum/src/logging.cfg b/spectrum/src/logging.cfg
index 09cf82a6..60f55c42 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/logging.cfg
+++ b/spectrum/src/logging.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 log4j.rootLogger=debug, R
 
 log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
-log4j.appender.R.File=spectrum2.log
+log4j.appender.R.File=/var/log/spectrum2/spectrum2.log
 
 log4j.appender.R.MaxFileSize=10000KB
 # Keep one backup file
diff --git a/spectrum/src/sample2.cfg b/spectrum/src/sample2.cfg
index d4e5b417..0f4b5651 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/sample2.cfg
+++ b/spectrum/src/sample2.cfg
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ type=xmpp
 
 [logging]
 # log4cxx/log4j logging configuration file in ini format used for main spectrum2 instance.
-#config = logging.cfg 
+config = /etc/spectrum2/logging.cfg 
 
 # log4cxx/log4j logging configuration file in ini format used for backends.
-#backend_config=backend_logging.cfg # log4cxx/log4j logging configuration file for backends
+backend_config = /etc/spectrum2/backend_logging.cfg # log4cxx/log4j logging configuration file for backends
 
 [database]
 # Database backend type