diff --git a/install/onionr b/install/onionr
index 81c071fa..31fd58cc 100755
--- a/install/onionr
+++ b/install/onionr
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -e
 [ "root" != "$USER" ] && exec sudo $0 "$@"
 
 export OUTPUT_DIR=${OUTPUT_DIR:=/usr/share/onionr}
-export DATA_DIR=${DATA_DIR:=/etc/onionr}
+export ONIONR_HOME=${ONIONR_HOME:=/etc/onionr}
 export LOG_DIR=${LOG_DIR:=/var/log/onionr}
 
 cd "$OUTPUT_DIR"
diff --git a/onionr/logger.py b/onionr/logger.py
index 18dfdf1d..34dc4d06 100755
--- a/onionr/logger.py
+++ b/onionr/logger.py
@@ -64,10 +64,9 @@ class colors:
 '''
     Use the bitwise operators to merge these settings
 '''
+USE_ANSI = 0b100
 if os.name == 'nt':
     USE_ANSI = 0b000
-else:
-    USE_ANSI = 0b100
 OUTPUT_TO_CONSOLE = 0b010
 OUTPUT_TO_FILE = 0b001
 
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ LEVEL_IMPORTANT = 6
 
 _type = OUTPUT_TO_CONSOLE | USE_ANSI # the default settings for logging
 _level = LEVEL_DEBUG # the lowest level to log
-_outputfile = './output.log' # the file to log to
+_outputfile = 'data/onionr.log' # the file to log to
 
 def set_settings(type):
     '''
diff --git a/onionr/onionr.py b/onionr/onionr.py
index 532fc4ee..532c87d5 100755
--- a/onionr/onionr.py
+++ b/onionr/onionr.py
@@ -62,12 +62,13 @@ class Onionr:
             except FileNotFoundError:
                 pass
 
-        try:
-            self.dataDir = os.environ['ONIONR_HOME']
-            if not self.dataDir.endswith('/'):
-                self.dataDir += '/'
-        except KeyError:
-            self.dataDir = 'data/'
+        # set data dir
+        self.dataDir = os.environ.get('ONIONR_HOME', os.environ.get('DATA_DIR', 'data/'))
+        if not self.dataDir.endswith('/'):
+            self.dataDir += '/'
+
+        # set log file
+        logger.set_file(os.environ.get('LOG_DIR', 'data') + '/onionr.log')
 
         # Load global configuration data
         data_exists = Onionr.setupConfig(self.dataDir, self = self)