diff --git a/vncviewer/vncviewer.cxx b/vncviewer/vncviewer.cxx
index 47fd551..fd1243e 100644
--- a/vncviewer/vncviewer.cxx
+++ b/vncviewer/vncviewer.cxx
@@ -290,6 +290,11 @@
   bind_textdomain_codeset("libc", "UTF-8");
 
   rfb::initStdIOLoggers();
+#ifdef WIN32
+  rfb::initFileLogger("C:\\temp\\vncviewer.log");
+#else
+  rfb::initFileLogger("/tmp/vncviewer.log");
+#endif
   rfb::LogWriter::setLogParams("*:stderr:30");
 
 #ifdef SIGHUP