diff --git a/Dalamud.Injector/EntryPoint.cs b/Dalamud.Injector/EntryPoint.cs
index c4c553a47..ea0d1fadc 100644
--- a/Dalamud.Injector/EntryPoint.cs
+++ b/Dalamud.Injector/EntryPoint.cs
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ namespace Dalamud.Injector
             }
         }
 
-        private static string GetLogPath(string fileName, string logName)
+        private static string GetLogPath(string? baseDirectory, string fileName, string? logName)
         {
-            var baseDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);
+            baseDirectory ??= Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);
             fileName = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(logName) ? $"{fileName}-{logName}.log" : $"{fileName}.log";
 
 #if DEBUG
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ namespace Dalamud.Injector
                     Log.Error("A fatal error has occurred: {Exception}", eventArgs.ExceptionObject.ToString());
                 }
 
+                Log.CloseAndFlush();
                 Environment.Exit(-1);
             };
         }
@@ -180,15 +181,18 @@ namespace Dalamud.Injector
             };
 
             var logName = args.FirstOrDefault(x => x.StartsWith("--logname="))?[10..];
-            var logPath = GetLogPath("dalamud.injector", logName);
+            var logBaseDir = args.FirstOrDefault(x => x.StartsWith("--logpath="))?[10..];
+            var logPath = GetLogPath(logBaseDir, "dalamud.injector", logName);
 
             CullLogFile(logPath, 1 * 1024 * 1024);
 
             Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
-                .WriteTo.Console(standardErrorFromLevel: LogEventLevel.Verbose)
-                .WriteTo.Async(a => a.File(logPath))
-                .MinimumLevel.ControlledBy(levelSwitch)
-                .CreateLogger();
+                         .WriteTo.File(logPath, fileSizeLimitBytes: null)
+                         .MinimumLevel.ControlledBy(levelSwitch)
+                         .CreateLogger();
+
+            Log.Information(new string('-', 80));
+            Log.Information("Dalamud.Injector, (c) 2023 XIVLauncher Contributors");
         }
 
         private static void CullLogFile(string logPath, int cullingFileSize)
@@ -199,9 +203,10 @@ namespace Dalamud.Injector
 
                 var logFile = new FileInfo(logPath);
 
+                // Leave it to serilog
                 if (!logFile.Exists)
                 {
-                    logFile.Create();
+                    return;
                 }
 
                 if (logFile.Length <= cullingFileSize)
@@ -256,6 +261,7 @@ namespace Dalamud.Injector
             var assetDirectory = startInfo.AssetDirectory;
             var delayInitializeMs = startInfo.DelayInitializeMs;
             var logName = startInfo.LogName;
+            var logPath = startInfo.LogPath;
             var languageStr = startInfo.Language.ToString().ToLowerInvariant();
             var troubleshootingData = "{\"empty\": true, \"description\": \"No troubleshooting data supplied.\"}";
 
@@ -293,6 +299,10 @@ namespace Dalamud.Injector
                 {
                     logName = args[i][key.Length..];
                 }
+                else if (args[i].StartsWith(key = "--logpath="))
+                {
+                    logPath = args[i][key.Length..];
+                }
                 else
                 {
                     continue;
@@ -357,11 +367,19 @@ namespace Dalamud.Injector
             startInfo.GameVersion = null;
             startInfo.TroubleshootingPackData = troubleshootingData;
             startInfo.LogName = logName;
+            startInfo.LogPath = logPath;
+
+            // TODO: XL should set --logpath to its roaming path. We are only doing this here until that's rolled out.
+#if DEBUG
+            startInfo.LogPath ??= startInfo.WorkingDirectory;
+#else
+            startInfo.LogPath = xivlauncherDir;
+#endif
 
             // Set boot defaults
             startInfo.BootShowConsole = args.Contains("--console");
             startInfo.BootEnableEtw = args.Contains("--etw");
-            startInfo.BootLogPath = GetLogPath("dalamud.boot", startInfo.LogName);
+            startInfo.BootLogPath = GetLogPath(startInfo.LogPath, "dalamud.boot", startInfo.LogName);
             startInfo.BootEnabledGameFixes = new List<string> { "prevent_devicechange_crashes", "disable_game_openprocess_access_check", "redirect_openprocess", "backup_userdata_save", "clr_failfast_hijack", "prevent_icmphandle_crashes" };
             startInfo.BootDotnetOpenProcessHookMode = 0;
             startInfo.BootWaitMessageBox |= args.Contains("--msgbox1") ? 1 : 0;
@@ -418,6 +436,7 @@ namespace Dalamud.Injector
             Console.WriteLine("Enable VEH:\t[--veh], [--veh-full]");
             Console.WriteLine("Show messagebox:\t[--msgbox1], [--msgbox2], [--msgbox3]");
             Console.WriteLine("No plugins:\t[--no-plugin] [--no-3rd-plugin]");
+            Console.WriteLine("Logging:\t[--logname=<logfile suffix>] [--logpath=<log base directory>]");
 
             return 0;
         }
@@ -520,6 +539,7 @@ namespace Dalamud.Injector
             foreach (var process in processes)
                 Inject(process, AdjustStartInfo(dalamudStartInfo, process.MainModule.FileName), tryFixAcl);
 
+            Log.CloseAndFlush();
             return 0;
         }
 
@@ -808,6 +828,7 @@ namespace Dalamud.Injector
 
             Console.WriteLine($"{{\"pid\": {process.Id}, \"handle\": {processHandleForOwner}}}");
 
+            Log.CloseAndFlush();
             return 0;
         }
 
diff --git a/Dalamud/DalamudStartInfo.cs b/Dalamud/DalamudStartInfo.cs
index 4c8e7566d..63a61c97e 100644
--- a/Dalamud/DalamudStartInfo.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/DalamudStartInfo.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public record DalamudStartInfo : IServiceType
     {
         this.WorkingDirectory = other.WorkingDirectory;
         this.ConfigurationPath = other.ConfigurationPath;
+        this.LogPath = other.LogPath;
         this.LogName = other.LogName;
         this.PluginDirectory = other.PluginDirectory;
         this.AssetDirectory = other.AssetDirectory;
@@ -61,6 +62,11 @@ public record DalamudStartInfo : IServiceType
     /// </summary>
     public string? ConfigurationPath { get; set; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the path of the log files.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? LogPath { get; set; }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets or sets the name of the log file.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/Dalamud/EntryPoint.cs b/Dalamud/EntryPoint.cs
index 26ff396d1..19b4f841c 100644
--- a/Dalamud/EntryPoint.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/EntryPoint.cs
@@ -88,13 +88,9 @@ public sealed class EntryPoint
     {
         var logFileName = logName.IsNullOrEmpty() ? "dalamud" : $"dalamud-{logName}";
 
-#if DEBUG
         var logPath = new FileInfo(Path.Combine(baseDirectory, $"{logFileName}.log"));
         var oldPath = new FileInfo(Path.Combine(baseDirectory, $"{logFileName}.old.log"));
-#else
-        var logPath = Path.Combine(baseDirectory, "..", "..", "..", $"{logFileName}.log");
-        var oldPath = Path.Combine(baseDirectory, "..", "..", "..", $"{logFileName}.old.log");
-#endif
+
         Log.CloseAndFlush();
 
         RetentionBehaviour behaviour;
@@ -137,7 +133,7 @@ public sealed class EntryPoint
     private static void RunThread(DalamudStartInfo info, IntPtr mainThreadContinueEvent)
     {
         // Setup logger
-        InitLogging(info.WorkingDirectory!, info.BootShowConsole, true, info.LogName);
+        InitLogging(info.LogPath!, info.BootShowConsole, true, info.LogName);
         SerilogEventSink.Instance.LogLine += SerilogOnLogLine;
 
         // Load configuration first to get some early persistent state, like log level
@@ -145,7 +141,7 @@ public sealed class EntryPoint
 
         // Set the appropriate logging level from the configuration
         if (!configuration.LogSynchronously)
-            InitLogging(info.WorkingDirectory!, info.BootShowConsole, configuration.LogSynchronously, info.LogName);
+            InitLogging(info.LogPath!, info.BootShowConsole, configuration.LogSynchronously, info.LogName);
         LogLevelSwitch.MinimumLevel = configuration.LogLevel;
 
         // Log any unhandled exception.
diff --git a/Dalamud/Interface/Internal/DalamudInterface.cs b/Dalamud/Interface/Internal/DalamudInterface.cs
index caf38d4d7..202b394c6 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Interface/Internal/DalamudInterface.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Interface/Internal/DalamudInterface.cs
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ internal class DalamudInterface : IDisposable, IServiceType
                         configuration.QueueSave();
 
                         EntryPoint.InitLogging(
-                            startInfo.WorkingDirectory!,
+                            startInfo.LogPath!,
                             startInfo.BootShowConsole,
                             configuration.LogSynchronously,
                             startInfo.LogName);