--- a/source/duke3d/src/game.cpp	2018-05-08 19:32:19.000000000 +0200
+++ b/source/duke3d/src/game.cpp	2018-05-10 23:46:21.540213019 +0200
@@ -6234,7 +6234,7 @@
     }
     else
 #endif
-    OSD_SetLogFile(APPBASENAME ".log");
+    OSD_SetLogFile("/tmp/" APPBASENAME ".log");
 
     OSD_SetFunctions(GAME_drawosdchar,
                      GAME_drawosdstr,