diff --git a/app/bin/run-upmpdcli.sh b/app/bin/run-upmpdcli.sh
index 380764f..332ea38 100644
--- a/app/bin/run-upmpdcli.sh
+++ b/app/bin/run-upmpdcli.sh
@@ -594,9 +594,22 @@ if [ ! -w "$cache_directory" ]; then
     echo "Cache directory [${cache_directory}] is not writable"
     mkdir -p /tmp/cache
     cache_directory="/tmp/cache"
+else
+    echo "Cache directory [${cache_directory}] is writable"
 fi
 sed -i 's\CACHE_DIRECTORY\'"$cache_directory"'\g' $CONFIG_FILE
 
+log_directory=/log
+if [ ! -w "$log_directory" ]; then
+    echo "Log directory [${log_directory}] is not writable"
+    mkdir -p /tmp/log
+    log_directory="/tmp/log"
+else
+    echo "Log directory [${log_directory}] is writable"
+fi
+sed -i 's\LOG_DIRECTORY\'"$log_directory"'\g' $CONFIG_FILE
+
+
 cat $CONFIG_FILE
 
 if [[ $current_user_id == 0 ]]; then
diff --git a/app/conf/upmpdcli.conf b/app/conf/upmpdcli.conf
index 6323949..b5a01c2 100644
--- a/app/conf/upmpdcli.conf
+++ b/app/conf/upmpdcli.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cachedir = CACHE_DIRECTORY
 radiolist = /tmp/radiolist.conf
 upradiostitle = Upmpdcli Radio List
-#logfilename = /log/upmpdcli.log
+logfilename = LOG_DIRECTORY/upmpdcli.log
 #log level defaults to 2
 #loglevel = LOG_LEVEL
 #pkgdatadir=/usr/share/upmpdcli
diff --git a/doc/change-history.md b/doc/change-history.md
index 1d0da6a..81fb5e1 100644
--- a/doc/change-history.md
+++ b/doc/change-history.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 Change Date|Major Changes
 ---|---
+2023-12-29|Verify log directory to be writable (see [#362](https://github.com/GioF71/upmpdcli-docker/issues/362))
 2023-12-29|Removed last references to deezer (see [#359](https://github.com/GioF71/upmpdcli-docker/issues/359))
 2023-12-29|Support running as user with `--user` (see [#358](https://github.com/GioF71/upmpdcli-docker/issues/358))
 2023-12-19|Default naming of oh renderer (see [#356](https://github.com/GioF71/upmpdcli-docker/issues/356))