diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fedb1dd..ac31f39 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 /data/
 _targets/
 /tiles/
+/logs/
diff --git a/_targets.R b/_targets.R
index cb648e0..9b10d89 100644
--- a/_targets.R
+++ b/_targets.R
@@ -76,7 +76,12 @@ controller_heavy <- crew.cluster::crew_controller_slurm(
 )
 
 controller_local <- 
-  crew::crew_controller_local(name = "local", workers = 4, seconds_idle = 60)
+  crew::crew_controller_local(
+    name = "local", 
+    workers = 4, 
+    seconds_idle = 60,
+    local_log_directory = "logs"
+  )
 
 # Set target options:
 tar_option_set(