diff --git a/packaging/osx/lbry-osx-app/lbrygui/main.py b/packaging/osx/lbry-osx-app/lbrygui/main.py
index d7ca4dc00..ce3e22631 100644
--- a/packaging/osx/lbry-osx-app/lbrygui/main.py
+++ b/packaging/osx/lbry-osx-app/lbrygui/main.py
@@ -4,32 +4,22 @@ install(runner=AppHelper.runEventLoop)
 from twisted.internet import reactor
 
 import logging
-import sys
-import os
-from appdirs import user_data_dir
 
+from lbrynet import conf
+from lbrynet.core import log_support
 from LBRYApp import LBRYDaemonApp
 
-if sys.platform != "darwin":
-    log_dir = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".lbrynet")
-else:
-    log_dir = user_data_dir("LBRY")
 
-if not os.path.isdir(log_dir):
-    os.mkdir(log_dir)
-
-LOG_FILENAME = os.path.join(log_dir, 'lbrynet-daemon.log')
-
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-handler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(LOG_FILENAME, maxBytes=2097152, backupCount=5)
-log.addHandler(handler)
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+log = logging.getLogger()
 
 
 def main():
+    log_file = conf.get_log_filename()
+    log_support.configure_logging(log_file, console=False)
     app = LBRYDaemonApp.sharedApplication()
     reactor.addSystemEventTrigger("after", "shutdown", AppHelper.stopEventLoop)
     reactor.run()
 
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()
diff --git a/packaging/windows/lbry-win32-app/LBRYWin32App.py b/packaging/windows/lbry-win32-app/LBRYWin32App.py
index 3810664d8..71b67b020 100644
--- a/packaging/windows/lbry-win32-app/LBRYWin32App.py
+++ b/packaging/windows/lbry-win32-app/LBRYWin32App.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import logging
 import os
-import socket
 import sys
 import threading
 import webbrowser
@@ -11,13 +10,14 @@ import win32gui_struct
 from jsonrpc.proxy import JSONRPCProxy
 from twisted.internet import reactor, error
 from twisted.web import server
-import twisted
 
 try:
     import winxpgui as win32gui
 except ImportError:
     import win32gui
 
+from lbrynet import conf
+from lbrynet.core import log_support
 from lbrynet.core import utils
 from lbrynet.lbrynet_daemon.DaemonServer import DaemonServer
 from lbrynet.lbrynet_daemon.DaemonRequest import DaemonRequest
@@ -284,6 +284,8 @@ def main(lbry_name=None):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     utils.setup_certs_for_windows()
+    log_file = conf.get_log_filename()
+    log_support.configure_logging(log_file, console=False)
     lbry_daemon = JSONRPCProxy.from_url(settings.API_CONNECTION_STRING)
 
     try: