diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b081867..08024ef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ frontend/.env
 backend/bin/
 backend/data/
 backend/logs/
+/logs/
 *.db
 
 # frontend
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 4993feb..9efb603 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ services:
       - OPEN_API_SECRET=${OPEN_API_SECRET}
       - OPEN_SIGN_SKEW=${OPEN_SIGN_SKEW:-300}
       - OPEN_API_DEBUG=${OPEN_API_DEBUG:-false}
-      - LOG_FILE=/data/app.log
+      - LOG_FILE=${LOG_FILE:-logs/app.log}
     volumes:
       - backend-data:/data
+      - ./logs:/app/logs
     restart: unless-stopped
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "curl", "-fsS", "http://localhost:8080/health"]