diff --git a/roles/synapse/tasks/main.yml b/roles/synapse/tasks/main.yml
index 720dca6..5f35685 100644
--- a/roles/synapse/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/synapse/tasks/main.yml
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
       location /_matrix {
               proxy_pass http://localhost:8008;
               proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
-              error_log logs/synapse-error.log crit;
-              access_log  logs/synapse-access.log crit;
+              error_log /var/log/nginx/synapse-error.log;
+              access_log  /var/log/nginx/synapse-access.log;
       }
 
 - name: Allow Federated connections