diff --git a/gitosis/app.py b/gitosis/app.py
index fa9772b..1cefdd7 100644
--- a/gitosis/app.py
+++ b/gitosis/app.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class App(object):
         self.handle_args(parser, cfg, options, args)
 
     def setup_basic_logging(self):
-        logging.basicConfig()
+        logging.basicConfig(filename='/var/log/gitosis.log')
 
     def create_parser(self):
         parser = optparse.OptionParser()