diff --git a/src/settings.liq b/src/settings.liq
index 69c9b133689f9f6d3b44aae4196c701eaad54690..8b3a7d7a3f2060df466219144ad15e19469b8d8a 100644
--- a/src/settings.liq
+++ b/src/settings.liq
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ settings.log.stdout.set(true)
 settings.log.file.set(true)
 log_level = get_setting("3", "log_level", "AURA_ENGINE_CORE_LOG_LEVEL")
 settings.log.level.set(int_of_string(log_level))
-log_dir = get_setting("../logs", "log_dir", "AURA_LOGS)
+log_dir = get_setting("../logs", "log_dir", "AURA_ENGINE_CORE_LOG_DIR")
 log_file = "#{log_dir}/engine-core.log"
 settings.log.file.path.set(log_file)
 print "\tLogging to '#{log_file}' with log level #{log_level}"