diff --git a/charms/neutron-k8s/src/templates/neutron.conf.j2 b/charms/neutron-k8s/src/templates/neutron.conf.j2
index 9a347daa..409a8264 100644
--- a/charms/neutron-k8s/src/templates/neutron.conf.j2
+++ b/charms/neutron-k8s/src/templates/neutron.conf.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 core_plugin = ml2
 debug = {{ options.debug }}
-log_dir = /var/log/neutron
+use_syslog = true
 state_path = /var/lib/neutron
 
 router_distributed = False