diff --git a/source/de/anomic/http/httpdProxyHandler.java b/source/de/anomic/http/httpdProxyHandler.java
index 130f2dacf..38ac12596 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/http/httpdProxyHandler.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/http/httpdProxyHandler.java
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public final class httpdProxyHandler extends httpdAbstractHandler implements htt
                 // reading out some needed configuration properties
                 int limit = 1024*1024, count = 20;
                 String pattern = manager.getProperty(className + ".logging.FileHandler.pattern");
-                if (pattern == null) pattern = "log/proxyAccess%u%g.log";
+                if (pattern == null) pattern = "DATA/LOG/proxyAccess%u%g.log";
                 
                 String limitStr = manager.getProperty(className + ".logging.FileHandler.limit");
                 if (limitStr != null) try { limit = Integer.valueOf(limitStr).intValue(); } catch (NumberFormatException e) {}
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/server/logging/serverLog.java b/source/de/anomic/server/logging/serverLog.java
index bac496c79..5adef6476 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/server/logging/serverLog.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/server/logging/serverLog.java
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public final class serverLog {
             logManager.readConfiguration(fileIn);
 
             // creating the logging directory
-            File log = new File("./log/");
+            File log = new File("./DATA/LOG/");
             if(!log.canRead()) log.mkdir();
 
             // generating the root logger
diff --git a/startYACY.sh b/startYACY.sh
index e0cc64a40..70e6c0623 100755
--- a/startYACY.sh
+++ b/startYACY.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ else
 		nohup java -classpath classes:htroot:$CLASSPATH yacy > /dev/null &
 #		nohup java -Xms160m -Xmx160m -classpath classes:htroot:$CLASSPATH yacy > /dev/null &
 	fi
-	echo "YaCy started as daemon process. View it's activity in log/yacy00.log"
+	echo "YaCy started as daemon process. View it's activity in DATA/LOG/yacy00.log"
 	echo "To stop YaCy, please execute stopYACY.sh and wait some seconds"
 	echo "To administrate YaCy, start your web browser and open http://localhost:8080"
 fi
diff --git a/stopYACY.sh b/stopYACY.sh
index c514892e6..0de52f7c8 100755
--- a/stopYACY.sh
+++ b/stopYACY.sh
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ for N in `ls -1 libx/*.jar`; do CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH$N:"; done
 
 java -classpath classes:htroot:$CLASSPATH yacy -shutdown
 echo "please wait until the YaCy daemon process terminates"
-echo "you can monitor this with 'tail -f log/yacy00.log' and 'fuser log/yacy00.log'"
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "you can monitor this with 'tail -f DATA/LOG/yacy00.log' and 'fuser log/yacy00.log'"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/yacy.logging b/yacy.logging
index f2cb8cae2..2ae79261e 100644
--- a/yacy.logging
+++ b/yacy.logging
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # CONFIG  regular system status information (i.e. start-up messages)
 # FINE  in-function status debug output
 PARSER.level = INFO
-YACY.level = FINE
+YACY.level = INFO
 HTCACHE.level = INFO
 PLASMA.level = INFO
 SERVER.level = INFO
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ handlers = java.util.logging.FileHandler,\
 # Properties for the FileHandler
 java.util.logging.FileHandler.limit = 1048576
 java.util.logging.FileHandler.count = 20
-java.util.logging.FileHandler.pattern = log/yacy%u%g.log
+java.util.logging.FileHandler.pattern = DATA/LOG/yacy%u%g.log
 java.util.logging.FileHandler.level = ALL
 java.util.logging.FileHandler.formatter=de.anomic.server.logging.serverSimpleLogFormatter
 
@@ -46,5 +46,5 @@ de.anomic.server.logging.ConsoleOutErrHandler.formatter=de.anomic.server.logging
 de.anomic.http.httpdProxyHandler.logging.enabled = TRUE
 de.anomic.http.httpdProxyHandler.logging.FileHandler.limit = 1048576
 de.anomic.http.httpdProxyHandler.logging.FileHandler.count = 20
-de.anomic.http.httpdProxyHandler.logging.FileHandler.pattern = log/proxyAccess%u%g.log
+de.anomic.http.httpdProxyHandler.logging.FileHandler.pattern = DATA/LOG/proxyAccess%u%g.log