diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index cc2607e..4b4fb7e 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ func createDefaultConfig() *config {
 		Server: &configServer{
 			Port:          8080,
 			PublicAddress: "http://localhost:8080",
+			LogFile:       "data/access.log",
 		},
 		Db: &configDb{
 			File: "data/db.sqlite",
diff --git a/httpLogs.go b/httpLogs.go
index 5ee3a20..da1b0e6 100644
--- a/httpLogs.go
+++ b/httpLogs.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (a *goBlog) initHTTPLog() (err error) {
-	if !a.cfg.Server.Logging {
+	if !a.cfg.Server.Logging || a.cfg.Server.LogFile == "" {
 		return nil
 	}
 	a.logf, err = rotatelogs.New(
diff --git a/httpLogs_test.go b/httpLogs_test.go
index 48f8f33..fefd00f 100644
--- a/httpLogs_test.go
+++ b/httpLogs_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
+func Test_httpLogsConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	app := &goBlog{
+		cfg: createDefaultTestConfig(t),
+	}
+	_ = app.initConfig()
+
+	assert.Equal(t, false, app.cfg.Server.Logging)
+	assert.Equal(t, "data/access.log", app.cfg.Server.LogFile)
+}
+
 func initTestHttpLogs(logFile string) (http.Handler, error) {
 
 	app := &goBlog{