diff --git a/salt/profile/matrix/appservice.sls b/salt/profile/matrix/appservice.sls
index 9ec9907..b543a37 100644
--- a/salt/profile/matrix/appservice.sls
+++ b/salt/profile/matrix/appservice.sls
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ appservice_pgks:
   file.directory:
     - user: synapse
 
+/var/log/matrix-synapse/{{ dir }}:
+  file.directory:
+    - user: synapse
+
 {{ data.get('repo') }}:
   git.latest:
     - branch: {{ data.get('branch', 'master') }}
diff --git a/salt/profile/matrix/files/config-dimension.yaml b/salt/profile/matrix/files/config-dimension.yaml
index dc2b834..ae95bd7 100644
--- a/salt/profile/matrix/files/config-dimension.yaml
+++ b/salt/profile/matrix/files/config-dimension.yaml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ dimension:
 
 # Settings for controlling how logging works
 logging:
-  file: logs/dimension.log
+  file: /var/log/matrix-synapse/dimension/dimension.log
   console: true
   consoleLevel: info
   fileLevel: verbose
diff --git a/salt/profile/matrix/files/config-discord.yaml b/salt/profile/matrix/files/config-discord.yaml
index 74bd281..cdcc196 100644
--- a/salt/profile/matrix/files/config-discord.yaml
+++ b/salt/profile/matrix/files/config-discord.yaml
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ logging:
   console: "warn" #silly, verbose, info, http, warn, error, silent
   lineDateFormat: "MMM-D HH:mm:ss.SSS" # This is in moment.js format
   files:
-    - file: "debug.log"
+    - file: "/var/log/matrix-synapse/discord/debug.log"
       disable:
         - "PresenceHandler" # Will not capture presence logging
-    - file: "warn.log" # Will capture warnings
+    - file: "/var/log/matrix-synapse/discord/warn.log" # Will capture warnings
       level: "warn"
-    - file: "botlogs.log" # Will capture logs from DiscordBot
+    - file: "/var/log/matrix-synapse/discord/botlogs.log" # Will capture logs from DiscordBot
       level: "info"
       enable:
         - "DiscordBot"
diff --git a/salt/profile/matrix/files/config-irc.yaml b/salt/profile/matrix/files/config-irc.yaml
index 631296b..cb1eb56 100644
--- a/salt/profile/matrix/files/config-irc.yaml
+++ b/salt/profile/matrix/files/config-irc.yaml
@@ -389,10 +389,10 @@ ircService:
     # Level to log on console/logfile. One of error|warn|info|debug
     level: "debug"
     # The file location to log to. This is relative to the project directory.
-    logfile: "debug.log"
+    logfile: "/var/log/matrix-synapse/irc/debug.log"
     # The file location to log errors to. This is relative to the project
     # directory.
-    errfile: "errors.log"
+    errfile: "/var/log/matrix-synapse/irc/errors.log"
     # Whether to log to the console or not.
     toConsole: true
     # The max number of files to keep. Files will be overwritten eventually due
diff --git a/salt/profile/matrix/files/config-telegram.yaml b/salt/profile/matrix/files/config-telegram.yaml
index 33a8727..6c62f12 100644
--- a/salt/profile/matrix/files/config-telegram.yaml
+++ b/salt/profile/matrix/files/config-telegram.yaml
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ logging:
         file:
             class: logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler
             formatter: normal
-            filename: ./mautrix-telegram.log
+            filename: /var/log/matrix-synapse/telegram/mautrix-telegram.log
             maxBytes: 10485760
             backupCount: 10
         console:
diff --git a/salt/profile/matrix/files/config-webhook.yaml b/salt/profile/matrix/files/config-webhook.yaml
index 832c658..7021ce2 100644
--- a/salt/profile/matrix/files/config-webhook.yaml
+++ b/salt/profile/matrix/files/config-webhook.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ web:
   hookUrlBase: 'http://localhost:9002/'
 
 logging:
-  file: logs/webhook.log
+  file: /var/log/matrix-synapse/webhook/webhook.log
   console: true
   consoleLevel: info
   fileLevel: verbose