diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a4300c2..bd104c3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ datarootdir=${prefix}/share
 datadir=${datarootdir}
 appdatadir=${datadir}/${APPNAME}
 sysconfdir=${prefix}/etc
-localstatedir=${prefix}/var
 docdir=${datarootdir}/doc
 appdocdir=${docdir}/${APPNAME}
 libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
@@ -21,8 +20,6 @@ mandir=${datarootdir}/man
 man1dir=${mandir}/man1
 mimedir=${datadir}/applications
 srcdir=.
-logdir=${localstatedir}/log
-logfile=${logdir}/${APPNAME}.log
 
 configfile=${sysconfdir}/${APPNAME}.conf
 
@@ -32,7 +29,6 @@ install: installdirs
 	$(shell awk 'NR==1 {print; \
 		print "DATA_DIR='"${appdatadir}"'"; \
 		print "LIB_DIR='"${applibdir}"'"; \
-		print "LOG_FILE='"${logfile}"'"; \
 		print "CONFIG_FILE='"${configfile}"'"} \
 		NR!=1'  \
 			${srcdir}/bin/${APPNAME} > ${DESTDIR}${bindir}/${APPNAME})
@@ -44,8 +40,6 @@ install: installdirs
 	done
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${srcdir}/bin/shell-integration.sh bin/shell-integration.fish ${DESTDIR}${appdatadir}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${srcdir}/${APPNAME}.desktop ${DESTDIR}${mimedir}
-	touch ${DESTDIR}${logfile}
-	chmod 666 ${DESTDIR}${logfile}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${srcdir}/docs/${APPNAME}.1.gz ${DESTDIR}${man1dir}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${srcdir}/docs/${APPNAME}.conf ${DESTDIR}${configfile}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${srcdir}/docs/${APPNAME}.conf ${DESTDIR}${appdatadir}
@@ -55,7 +49,7 @@ install: installdirs
 
 
 installdirs:
-	${INSTALL} -d ${DESTDIR}${bindir} ${DESTDIR}${applibdir} ${DESTDIR}${appdatadir} ${DESTDIR}${logdir}\
+	${INSTALL} -d ${DESTDIR}${bindir} ${DESTDIR}${applibdir} ${DESTDIR}${appdatadir} \
 		${DESTDIR}${appdocdir} ${DESTDIR}${man1dir} ${DESTDIR}${mimedir} ${DESTDIR}${sysconfdir}
 
 uninstall:
@@ -64,7 +58,6 @@ uninstall:
 	@rm -rfv ${appdatadir} 
 	@rm -rfv ${mimedir}/${APPNAME}.desktop
 	@rm -rfv ${man1dir}/${APPNAME}.1.gz
-	@rm -rfv ${logfile}
 	@rm -rfv ${bindir}/${APPNAME}
 	@rm -rfv ${bindir}/${APPNAME}-open
 	@rm -rfv ${configfile}
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 1d6add7..9cdd7ce 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v0.13.5: June 23, 2018
+##### Misc
+- Instead of logging to /var/log/sodalite.log, now logging to the syslog socket /dev/log. When running systemd, you can now access the logs with `journalctl -ft sodalite`.
+
 ## v0.13.4: June 22,  2018
 ##### Misc
 - Ditch install script in favour of a standardized Makefile
diff --git a/docs/sodalite.1.gz b/docs/sodalite.1.gz
index 6c09487..336ef5e 100644
Binary files a/docs/sodalite.1.gz and b/docs/sodalite.1.gz differ
diff --git a/docs/sodalite.1.md b/docs/sodalite.1.md
index 57f5158..9219fba 100644
--- a/docs/sodalite.1.md
+++ b/docs/sodalite.1.md
@@ -338,10 +338,6 @@ FILES
 
 :   Database of sodalite. If `$XDG_DATA_HOME` is not set, uses `$HOME/.local/share`.
 
-*/var/log/sodalite.log*
-
-:   The log.
-
 <!-- 
 ENVIRONMENT
 ===========
diff --git a/sodalite/main.py b/sodalite/main.py
index 4f40806..9967e11 100644
--- a/sodalite/main.py
+++ b/sodalite/main.py
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
 from core.entry import Entry
 from util import environment
 
+VERSION = 'sodalite v0.13.5'
+
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-VERSION = 'sodalite v0.13.4'
 
 def _io_to_tty():
     global _old_stdin
@@ -73,7 +75,6 @@ def parse_arguments():
         exit(0)
 
     try:
-        logger.info('Starting sodalite')
         _io_to_tty()
         from ui import graphics
 
@@ -84,5 +85,5 @@ def parse_arguments():
             print(environment.exit_cwd)
         logger.info("Shutting down")
     except KeyboardInterrupt as e:
-        logger.info('Received SIGINT')
+        logger.info('Received SIGINT - shutting down')
         exit(1)
diff --git a/sodalite/util/environment.py b/sodalite/util/environment.py
index 159cb1b..7f030c4 100644
--- a/sodalite/util/environment.py
+++ b/sodalite/util/environment.py
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
-import logging
+import logging.handlers
 import os
 
-exit_cwd = None
+# setup logger
+_global_logger = logging.getLogger()
+_global_logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+handler = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler(address='/dev/log')
+formatter = logging.Formatter('sodalite: %(name)-18s - %(levelname)-5s - %(message)s')
+handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+_global_logger.addHandler(handler)
+logging.getLogger('watchdog').setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger.info('Starting sodalite')
 
+exit_cwd = None
 # program will read following environment variables
 ENV_DATA_DIR = 'DATA_DIR'
 ENV_BOOKMARK_DIR = 'BOOKMARK_DIR'
-ENV_LOG_FILE = 'LOG_FILE'
 ENV_DB_PATH = 'DB_PATH'
 ENV_CONFIG_FILE = 'CONFIG_FILE'
 
@@ -15,7 +25,6 @@
 user_data = os.getenv('XDG_DATA_HOME', os.path.join(home, ".local/share/sodalite/"))
 bookmark_dir = os.getenv(ENV_BOOKMARK_DIR, os.path.join(user_data, "bookmarks"))
 user_config = os.getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME', os.path.join(home, ".config/sodalite/"))
-log_file = os.getenv(ENV_LOG_FILE, "/var/log/sodalite.log")
 db_file = os.getenv(ENV_DB_PATH, os.path.join(user_data, "db.sqlite"))
 history_file = os.path.join(user_data, 'history')
 
@@ -29,13 +38,5 @@
 for directory in dirs:
     os.makedirs(directory, exist_ok=True)
 
-logging.basicConfig(filename=log_file, level=logging.DEBUG,
-                    format='%(asctime)s - %(name)-18s - %(levelname)-5s - %(message)s')
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-logging.getLogger('watchdog').setLevel(logging.INFO)
-
 logger.info(f"Using database: {db_file}")
 logger.info(f"Using config file: {config_file}")
-
-
-