diff --git a/etc/systemd/system/lookyloo.service.sample b/etc/systemd/system/lookyloo.service.sample
index e08f5746..f455a0d1 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/system/lookyloo.service.sample
+++ b/etc/systemd/system/lookyloo.service.sample
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ WorkingDirectory=<path to the directory where you cloned the repository>
 Environment="PATH=<path to the directory where the poetry executable is>:/usr/bin"
 ExecStart=/bin/bash -c "exec poetry run start"
 ExecStop=/bin/bash -c "exec poetry run stop"
+# check that the log folder exists, if not: sudo mkdir /var/log/lookyloo
+StandardOutput=append:/var/log/lookyloo/message.log
+StandardError=append:/var/log/lookyloo/error.log
 
 
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