diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 95da168..67d917f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ sudo chmod 750 /usr/local/sbin/gitea-updater
 Create the logs' directory.
 
 ```
-sudo mkdir -p /var/log/updater/gitea
+sudo mkdir -p /var/log/updater/gitea-updater
 ```
 
 ## Configuration
diff --git a/gitea-updater b/gitea-updater
index 983a7c4..ff1ce9b 100644
--- a/gitea-updater
+++ b/gitea-updater
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 set -x
 
 # redirect stdout (and stderr to stdout) to a file
-exec 1> /var/log/updater/gitea/gitea-$(date +%F).log 2>&1
+exec 1> /var/log/updater/gitea-updater/gitea-$(date +%F).log 2>&1
 
 # abort on nonzero exitstatus
 set -o errexit