diff --git a/conf/funkwhale-beat.service b/conf/funkwhale-beat.service
index 0ed3a3e..945288b 100644
--- a/conf/funkwhale-beat.service
+++ b/conf/funkwhale-beat.service
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ Group=__APP__
 WorkingDirectory=__FINALPATH__/code/api
 EnvironmentFile=__FINALPATH__/code/config/.env
 
-# https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.exec.html#RuntimeDirectory=
-LogsDirectory=__APP__
+PermissionsStartOnly=true
+ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/log/__APP__
+ExecStartPre=/bin/chown __APP__:__APP__ /var/log/__APP__
 ExecStart=__FINALPATH__/code/virtualenv/bin/celery -A funkwhale_api.taskapp beat \
 	--loglevel INFO --logfile=/var/log/__APP__/beat.log
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ ProtectSystem=strict
 ProtectControlGroups=yes
 ProtectKernelModules=yes
 ReadOnlyPaths=__FINALPATH__/code/config/.env __FINALPATH__/code/
-ReadWritePaths=__FINALPATH__/media __FINALPATH__/import __FINALPATH__/code/api
+ReadWritePaths=__FINALPATH__/media __FINALPATH__/import __FINALPATH__/code/api /var/log/__APP__
 
 StandardOutput=syslog
 StandardError=syslog
diff --git a/conf/funkwhale-server.service b/conf/funkwhale-server.service
index 2120af4..c19144b 100644
--- a/conf/funkwhale-server.service
+++ b/conf/funkwhale-server.service
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ Group=__APP__
 WorkingDirectory=__FINALPATH__/code/api
 EnvironmentFile=__FINALPATH__/code/config/.env
 
-# https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.exec.html#RuntimeDirectory=
-LogsDirectory=__APP__
+PermissionsStartOnly=true
+ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/log/__APP__
+ExecStartPre=/bin/chown __APP__:__APP__ /var/log/__APP__
 ExecStart=__FINALPATH__/code/virtualenv/bin/daphne -b ${FUNKWHALE_API_IP} -p ${FUNKWHALE_API_PORT} config.asgi:application --proxy-headers \
-	--loglevel INFO --logfile=/var/log/__APP__/server.log
+	--verbosity 1 --access-log=/var/log/__APP__/server.log
 
 NoNewPrivileges=true
 PrivateDevices=true
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ ProtectSystem=strict
 ProtectControlGroups=yes
 ProtectKernelModules=yes
 ReadOnlyPaths=__FINALPATH__/code/config/.env __FINALPATH__/code/
-ReadWritePaths=__FINALPATH__/media __FINALPATH__/import
+ReadWritePaths=__FINALPATH__/media __FINALPATH__/import /var/log/__APP__
 
 StandardOutput=syslog
 StandardError=syslog
diff --git a/conf/funkwhale-worker.service b/conf/funkwhale-worker.service
index cddd114..f641ba0 100644
--- a/conf/funkwhale-worker.service
+++ b/conf/funkwhale-worker.service
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ Group=__APP__
 WorkingDirectory=__FINALPATH__/code/api
 EnvironmentFile=__FINALPATH__/code/config/.env
 
-# https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.exec.html#RuntimeDirectory=
-LogsDirectory=__APP__
+PermissionsStartOnly=true
+ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/log/__APP__
+ExecStartPre=/bin/chown __APP__:__APP__ /var/log/__APP__
 ExecStart=__FINALPATH__/code/virtualenv/bin/celery -A funkwhale_api.taskapp worker -l INFO \
 	--loglevel INFO --logfile=/var/log/__APP__/worker.log
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ ProtectSystem=strict
 ProtectControlGroups=yes
 ProtectKernelModules=yes
 ReadOnlyPaths=__FINALPATH__/code/config/.env __FINALPATH__/code/
-ReadWritePaths=__FINALPATH__/media __FINALPATH__/import
+ReadWritePaths=__FINALPATH__/media __FINALPATH__/import /var/log/__APP__
 
 StandardOutput=syslog
 StandardError=syslog