diff -Naur a/src/netserver.c b/src/netserver.c
--- a/src/netserver.c	2021-01-21 16:02:24.000000000 +0000
+++ b/src/netserver.c	2024-05-31 12:48:38.770331476 +0100
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 #define   FILE_SEP       "/"
 #else
 /* comply with FHS: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html */
-#define   DEBUG_LOG_FILE_DIR "/var/log/"
+#define   DEBUG_LOG_FILE_DIR "/var/log/netperf/"
 #define   NETPERF_NULL       "/dev/null"
 #define   FILE_SEP       "/"
 #endif