diff --git a/crates/goose/src/providers/utils.rs b/crates/goose/src/providers/utils.rs
index 5da1946a623d..f96b2e1a85d2 100644
--- a/crates/goose/src/providers/utils.rs
+++ b/crates/goose/src/providers/utils.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use super::base::Usage;
 use super::errors::GoogleErrorCode;
+use crate::config::paths::Paths;
 use crate::model::ModelConfig;
 use crate::providers::errors::{OpenAIError, ProviderError};
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
@@ -495,7 +496,7 @@ impl RequestLog {
     where
         Payload: Serialize,
     {
-        let logs_dir = crate::logging::prepare_log_directory("llm", true)?;
+        let logs_dir = Paths::in_state_dir("logs");
 
         let request_id = Uuid::new_v4();
         let temp_name = format!("llm_request.{request_id}.jsonl");