diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
index 269b4259a2..54925f95c4 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ namespace OpenRA
 
 			Settings = new Settings(Platform.ResolvePath("^", "settings.yaml"), args);
 
-			Log.LogPath = Platform.ResolvePath("^", "Logs");
 			Log.AddChannel("perf", "perf.log");
 			Log.AddChannel("debug", "debug.log");
 			Log.AddChannel("sync", "syncreport.log");
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Support/Log.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Support/Log.cs
index 498c136aee..f68aa4aa4f 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Support/Log.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Support/Log.cs
@@ -22,24 +22,15 @@ namespace OpenRA
 
 	public static class Log
 	{
-		static string LogPathPrefix = ".";
 		public static readonly Dictionary<string, ChannelInfo> Channels = new Dictionary<string, ChannelInfo>();
 
-		public static string LogPath
-		{
-			get { return LogPathPrefix; }
-			set
-			{
-				LogPathPrefix = value;
-				Directory.CreateDirectory(LogPathPrefix);
-			}
-		}
-
 		static IEnumerable<string> FilenamesForChannel(string channelName, string baseFilename)
 		{
+			var path = Platform.SupportDir + "Logs";
+			Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
+			
 			for(var i = 0;; i++ )
-				yield return Path.Combine(LogPathPrefix,
-					i > 0 ? "{0}.{1}".F(baseFilename, i) : baseFilename);
+				yield return Path.Combine(path,	i > 0 ? "{0}.{1}".F(baseFilename, i) : baseFilename);
 		}
 
 		public static void AddChannel(string channelName, string baseFilename)
diff --git a/OpenRA.Utility/Program.cs b/OpenRA.Utility/Program.cs
index 7fd80722a4..0a403c2ecc 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Utility/Program.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Utility/Program.cs
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.Utility
 
 			AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += GlobalFileSystem.ResolveAssembly;
 
-			Log.LogPath = Platform.ResolvePath("^", "Logs");
 			Log.AddChannel("perf", null);
 			Log.AddChannel("debug", null);