diff --git a/playbooks/mpdf.conf.j2 b/playbooks/mpdf.conf.j2
index 2b90e8f..37d57aa 100644
--- a/playbooks/mpdf.conf.j2
+++ b/playbooks/mpdf.conf.j2
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ playlist_directory	 "{{ [path,item,playlist_directory]|join() }}"
 # The special value "syslog" makes MPD use the local syslog daemon. This
 # setting defaults to logging to syslog, otherwise logging is disabled.
 #
-log_file		 "{{ [log_dir,'mpd',item,'.log']|join() }}"
+log_file		 "{{ [log_dir,'mpd',item,'/.log']|join() }}"
 #
 # This setting sets the location of the file which stores the process ID
 # for use of mpd --kill and some init scripts. This setting is disabled by