diff --git a/src/wincompose/Log.cs b/src/wincompose/Log.cs
index 10a7f145..90da6d9d 100644
--- a/src/wincompose/Log.cs
+++ b/src/wincompose/Log.cs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public static void Init()
         var file_target = new FileTarget("File")
         {
             Layout = log_fmt,
-            FileName = Path.Combine(Utils.AppDataDir, "wincompose.log"),
+            FileName = Path.Combine(Utils.LocalAppDataDir, "wincompose.log"),
             ConcurrentWrites = true,
             ArchiveEvery = FileArchivePeriod.Day,
             EnableArchiveFileCompression = true,
diff --git a/src/wincompose/misc/Utils.cs b/src/wincompose/misc/Utils.cs
index faa11c6c..1f7e5e73 100644
--- a/src/wincompose/misc/Utils.cs
+++ b/src/wincompose/misc/Utils.cs
@@ -43,6 +43,17 @@ public static string AppDataDir
             }
         }
 
+        public static string LocalAppDataDir
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                var localappdata = Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData;
+                var localappdatadir = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(localappdata),
+                                                   "WinCompose");
+                return IsInstalled ? localappdatadir : ExecutableDir;
+            }
+        }
+
         public static string DataDir
             => Path.Combine(ExecutableDir, IsInstalled ? "res" :
                                            IsDebugging ? "../../rules" : "rules");