diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index fa3b138..f6fc3d5 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@
 default['memcached']['experimental_options'] = []
 default['memcached']['extra_cli_options'] = []
 default['memcached']['ulimit'] = 1024
-default['memcached']['logfilepath'] = '/var/log/'
+default['memcached']['logfilepath'] = '/var/log/memcached'