diff --git a/bots/check-mirroring b/bots/check-mirroring
index 2adb16e31b..8ee85df42f 100755
--- a/bots/check-mirroring
+++ b/bots/check-mirroring
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ zulip_client = zulip.Client(
     site=options.site)
 
 # Configure logging
-log_file     = os.path.join(options.root_path, "logs", "check-mirroring-log")
+log_file     = "/var/log/zulip/check-mirroring-log"
 log_format   = "%(asctime)s: %(message)s"
 logging.basicConfig(format=log_format)
 
diff --git a/bots/zephyr_mirror_backend.py b/bots/zephyr_mirror_backend.py
index 140d52ba29..8d71f06ac6 100755
--- a/bots/zephyr_mirror_backend.py
+++ b/bots/zephyr_mirror_backend.py
@@ -903,9 +903,9 @@ def open_logger():
         log_file = options.log_path
     elif options.forward_class_messages:
         if options.test_mode:
-            log_file = "/home/humbug/test-mirror-log"
+            log_file = "/var/log/zulip/test-mirror-log"
         else:
-            log_file = "/home/humbug/mirror-log"
+            log_file = "/var/log/zulip/mirror-log"
     else:
         f = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(prefix="zulip-log.%s." % (options.user,),
                                         delete=False)