diff --git a/gui-daemon/xside.c b/gui-daemon/xside.c
index 83bd5eae..90300a88 100644
--- a/gui-daemon/xside.c
+++ b/gui-daemon/xside.c
@@ -2560,7 +2560,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	close(0);
 	snprintf(dbg_log, sizeof(dbg_log),
-		 "/var/log/qubes/guid.%d.log", ghandles.domid);
+		 "/var/log/qubes/guid.%s.log", ghandles.vmname);
 	umask(0007);
 	logfd = open(dbg_log, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0640);
 	umask(0077);