diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/briarproject/publicmesh/util/LogUtils.java b/app/src/main/java/org/briarproject/publicmesh/util/LogUtils.java
index 84cd3d806a3b13f05a4ff7d84f21a85537ad97dc..e1b4667d22b2991f6bcb2a5ee38ee6083c0b744f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/briarproject/publicmesh/util/LogUtils.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/briarproject/publicmesh/util/LogUtils.java
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ public class LogUtils {
 	}
 
 	public static File getPersistentLogDir(Context ctx) {
-		return ctx.getDir("log", MODE_PRIVATE);
+		return ctx.getExternalFilesDir(null);
 	}
 }