diff --git a/dist/atheme.conf.example b/dist/atheme.conf.example
index ac3ed54dd..be1c2db50 100644
--- a/dist/atheme.conf.example
+++ b/dist/atheme.conf.example
@@ -1909,17 +1909,17 @@ ldap {
  * This block logs all account and channel registrations and drops,
  * and account and channel setting changes to var/account.log.
  */
-logfile "var/account.log" { register; set; };
+logfile "/var/log/atheme/account.log" { register; set; };
 
 /*
  * This block logs all command use to var/commands.log.
  */
-logfile "var/commands.log" { commands; };
+logfile "/var/log/atheme/commands.log" { commands; };
 
 /*
  * This block logs all security auditing information.
  */
-logfile "var/audit.log" { denycmd; };
+logfile "/var/log/atheme/audit.log" { denycmd; };
 
 /*
  * You can log to IRC channels, and even split it by category, too.