diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 089551d5..f66fef1b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1601,7 +1601,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "odilia-cache"
 version = "0.3.0"
 dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
  "atspi",
  "atspi-client",
  "atspi-common 0.5.0",
@@ -1633,6 +1632,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_plain",
  "smartstring",
  "thiserror",
+ "xdg",
  "zbus",
 ]
 
diff --git a/common/Cargo.toml b/common/Cargo.toml
index 65ca163f..ffdbd648 100644
--- a/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ thiserror = "1.0.37"
 zbus.workspace = true
 serde_plain.workspace = true
 figment = "0.10.15"
+xdg = "2.4.1"
diff --git a/common/src/settings/log.rs b/common/src/settings/log.rs
index d687f976..b717440f 100644
--- a/common/src/settings/log.rs
+++ b/common/src/settings/log.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 ///structure used for all the configurable options related to logging
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[allow(clippy::module_name_repetitions)]
@@ -16,10 +16,14 @@ pub struct LogSettings {
 }
 impl Default for LogSettings {
 	fn default() -> Self {
-		Self {
-			level: "info".to_owned(),
-			logger: LoggingKind::File("/var/log/odilia.log".into()),
-		}
+		let xdg_dirs = xdg::BaseDirectories::with_prefix("odilia").expect(
+			"unable to find the odilia config directory according to the xdg dirs specification",
+		);
+		let log_path = xdg_dirs
+			.place_state_file("odilia.log")
+			.expect("unable to place log file");
+
+		Self { level: "info".to_owned(), logger: LoggingKind::File(log_path) }
 	}
 }