diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index e4a4fc4b..c3e0125c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ services:
       volumes:
         - ${MANTICORE_CONFIG_PATH}:/etc/sphinxsearch
         - ${DATA_PATH_HOST}/manticore/data:/var/lib/manticore/data
-        - ${DATA_PATH_HOST}/manticore/log:/var/lib/manticore/log
+        - ${DATA_PATH_HOST}/manticore/log:/var/log/manticore
       ports:
         - "${MANTICORE_API_PORT}:9312"
         - "${MANTICORE_SPHINXQL_PORT}:9306"
diff --git a/manticore/config/sphinx.conf b/manticore/config/sphinx.conf
index 0a992b97..98241757 100644
--- a/manticore/config/sphinx.conf
+++ b/manticore/config/sphinx.conf
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ searchd {
     listen = 9312
     listen = 9308:http
     listen = 9306:mysql41
-    log = /var/lib/manticore/log/searchd.log
+    log = /var/log/manticore/searchd.log
     # you can also send query_log to /dev/stdout to be shown in docker logs
-    query_log = /var/lib/manticore/log/query.log
+    query_log = /var/log/manticore/query.log
     read_timeout = 5
     max_children = 30
-    pid_file = /var/run/searchd.pid
+    pid_file = /var/run/manticore/searchd.pid
     seamless_rotate = 1
     preopen_indexes = 1
     unlink_old = 1