diff --git a/buildout/mysql-instance/buildout.cfg b/buildout/mysql-instance/buildout.cfg
index fca1e97fece61e7eded2b524ef5abac57212b358..0c99f362065e2e36818ea310c8f374f9c4ef9bab 100644
--- a/buildout/mysql-instance/buildout.cfg
+++ b/buildout/mysql-instance/buildout.cfg
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ basedir=${buildout:mysql_software}
 datadir=${buildout:mysql_datadir}
 # files shall be in better places
 pid=${:datadir}/mysql.pid
-err = ${buildout:directory}/mysql.err.log
+err = ${buildout:directory}/var/mysql.err.log
 sock = ${:datadir}/mysql.sock
 opt = --port=${ports:mysql} --pid-file=${:pid} --log-error=${:err} --basedir=${:basedir} --datadir=${:datadir} --socket=${:sock}