diff --git a/CompatBot/Commands/Sudo.cs b/CompatBot/Commands/Sudo.cs
index a7629b9a..1ff2ffe6 100644
--- a/CompatBot/Commands/Sudo.cs
+++ b/CompatBot/Commands/Sudo.cs
@@ -108,18 +108,20 @@ namespace CompatBot.Commands
         {
             try
             {
-                using (var log = File.Open(Config.LogPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite))
-                using (var result = new MemoryStream((int)Math.Min(Config.AttachmentSizeLimit, log.Length)))
+                var logPath = Config.CurrentLogPath;
+                var attachmentSizeLimit = Config.AttachmentSizeLimit;
+                using (var log = File.Open(logPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite))
+                using (var result = new MemoryStream((int)Math.Min(attachmentSizeLimit, log.Length)))
                 {
                     using (var gzip = new GZipStream(result, CompressionLevel.Optimal, true))
                     {
                         await log.CopyToAsync(gzip, Config.Cts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
                         await gzip.FlushAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
                     }
-                    if (result.Length <= Config.AttachmentSizeLimit)
+                    if (result.Length <= attachmentSizeLimit)
                     {
                         result.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
-                        await ctx.RespondWithFileAsync(Path.GetFileName(Config.LogPath) + ".gz", result).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        await ctx.RespondWithFileAsync(Path.GetFileName(logPath) + ".gz", result).ConfigureAwait(false);
                     }
                     else
                         await ctx.ReactWithAsync(Config.Reactions.Failure, "Compressed log size is too large, ask Nicba for help :(", true).ConfigureAwait(false);
diff --git a/CompatBot/Config.cs b/CompatBot/Config.cs
index 6ace1493..2a64aa59 100644
--- a/CompatBot/Config.cs
+++ b/CompatBot/Config.cs
@@ -55,9 +55,11 @@ namespace CompatBot
         public static int MinimumPiracyTriggerLength => config.GetValue(nameof(MinimumPiracyTriggerLength), 4);
 
         public static string Token => config.GetValue(nameof(Token), "");
-        public static string LogPath => config.GetValue(nameof(LogPath), "../../../logs/"); // paths are relative to the assembly, so this will put it in the project's root
+        public static string LogPath => config.GetValue(nameof(LogPath), "./logs/"); // paths are relative to the working directory
         public static string IrdCachePath => config.GetValue(nameof(IrdCachePath), "./ird/");
 
+        internal static string CurrentLogPath => Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(LogPath, "bot.log"));
+
         public static string GoogleApiConfigPath 
         {
             get
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ namespace CompatBot
         {
             var config = new NLog.Config.LoggingConfiguration();
             var fileTarget = new FileTarget("logfile") {
-                FileName = Path.Combine(LogPath, "bot.log"),
+                FileName = CurrentLogPath,
                 ArchiveEvery = FileArchivePeriod.Day,
                 ArchiveNumbering = ArchiveNumberingMode.DateAndSequence,
                 KeepFileOpen = true,