diff --git a/mRemoteV1/App/Logger.cs b/mRemoteV1/App/Logger.cs
index cc16d7949..f97f3c925 100644
--- a/mRemoteV1/App/Logger.cs
+++ b/mRemoteV1/App/Logger.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 using log4net.Appender;
 using log4net.Config;
 using log4net.Repository;
+#if !PORTABLE
+using System;
+#endif
 using System.IO;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
 
 namespace mRemoteNG.App
 {
@@ -47,12 +51,12 @@ namespace mRemoteNG.App
         private static string BuildLogFilePath()
         {
             string logFilePath = "";
-            #if !PORTABLE
-			logFilePath = Path.Combine(System.Environment.GetFolderPath(System.Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData), System.Windows.Forms.Application.ProductName);
-            #else
-            logFilePath = System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath;
-            #endif
-            string logFileName = Path.ChangeExtension(System.Windows.Forms.Application.ProductName, ".log");
+#if !PORTABLE
+			logFilePath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData), Application.ProductName);
+#else
+            logFilePath = Application.StartupPath;
+#endif
+            string logFileName = Path.ChangeExtension(Application.ProductName, ".log");
             string logFile = Path.Combine(logFilePath, logFileName);
             return logFile;
         }
diff --git a/mRemoteV1/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs b/mRemoteV1/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
index bea2a49c5..536fe76e3 100644
--- a/mRemoteV1/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
+++ b/mRemoteV1/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ namespace mRemoteNG {
         
         [global::System.Configuration.UserScopedSettingAttribute()]
         [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
-        [global::System.Configuration.DefaultSettingValueAttribute("False")]
+        [global::System.Configuration.DefaultSettingValueAttribute("True")]
         public bool WriteLogFile {
             get {
                 return ((bool)(this["WriteLogFile"]));
diff --git a/mRemoteV1/Properties/Settings.settings b/mRemoteV1/Properties/Settings.settings
index a85dde8a1..b28b38608 100644
--- a/mRemoteV1/Properties/Settings.settings
+++ b/mRemoteV1/Properties/Settings.settings
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
       <Value Profile="(Default)" />
     </Setting>
     <Setting Name="WriteLogFile" Type="System.Boolean" Scope="User">
-      <Value Profile="(Default)">False</Value>
+      <Value Profile="(Default)">True</Value>
     </Setting>
     <Setting Name="UseCustomPuttyPath" Type="System.Boolean" Scope="User">
       <Value Profile="(Default)">False</Value>
diff --git a/mRemoteV1/app.config b/mRemoteV1/app.config
index c6191a2b5..a3a8387ca 100644
--- a/mRemoteV1/app.config
+++ b/mRemoteV1/app.config
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     </root>
 
     <appender name="LogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">
-      <file value="${USERPROFILE}\AppData\Local\mRemoteNG\mRemoteNG.log"/>
+      <file value="${APPDATA}\mRemoteNG\mRemoteNG.log"/>
       <!-- Example using environment variables in params -->
       <!-- <file value="${TMP}\log-file.txt" /> -->
       <appendToFile value="true"/>
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
         <value />
       </setting>
       <setting name="WriteLogFile" serializeAs="String">
-        <value>False</value>
+        <value>True</value>
       </setting>
       <setting name="UseCustomPuttyPath" serializeAs="String">
         <value>False</value>