# Error loading config: Unable to write to log file. /data/vaultwarden.log

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**Created:** [April 28, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/error-loading-config-unable-to-write-to-log-file-data-vaultwarden-log/2628 "2023-04-28T17:32:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/error-loading-config-unable-to-write-to-log-file-data-vaultwarden-log/2628/2 "2023-05-25T16:01:16Z")

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On the latest build, I had to change the LOG\_FILE directive to remove the leading slash AND the quotes. So

LOG\_FILE: data/vaultwarden.log

And then the log started getting written to.

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