diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5cd5d9c..067f969 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ RUN bash -ex install.sh 2>&1 && \
 ARG PHP_ENV_CONFIG
 ENV PHP_ENV_CONFIG /etc/lighttpd/conf-enabled/15-fastcgi-php.conf
 ARG PHP_ERROR_LOG
-ENV PHP_ERROR_LOG /var/log/lighttpd/error.log
+ENV PHP_ERROR_LOG /var/log/lighttpd/error-pihole.log
 COPY ./start.sh /
 COPY ./bash_functions.sh /
 
diff --git a/docker-compose-nginx-proxy.yml b/docker-compose-nginx-proxy.yml
index fe74aea..48b34f9 100644
--- a/docker-compose-nginx-proxy.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-nginx-proxy.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ services:
       - './etc-pihole:/etc/pihole'
       - './etc-dnsmasq.d:/etc/dnsmasq.d'
       # run `touch ./var-log/pihole.log` first unless you like errors
-      # - './var-log/pihole.log:/var/log/pihole.log'
+      # - './var-log/pihole.log:/var/log/pihole/pihole.log'
     # Recommended but not required (DHCP needs NET_ADMIN)
     #   https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole#note-on-capabilities
     cap_add:
diff --git a/s6/debian-root/etc/cont-init.d/20-start.sh b/s6/debian-root/etc/cont-init.d/20-start.sh
index 97cd6ab..78efae6 100644
--- a/s6/debian-root/etc/cont-init.d/20-start.sh
+++ b/s6/debian-root/etc/cont-init.d/20-start.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ if [ -z "$SKIPGRAVITYONBOOT" ] || [ ! -e "${gravityDBfile}" ]; then
         echo "  Ignoring SKIPGRAVITYONBOOT on this occaision."
     fi
 
-    echo '@reboot root PATH="$PATH:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin/" pihole updateGravity >/var/log/pihole_updateGravity.log || cat /var/log/pihole_updateGravity.log' > /etc/cron.d/gravity-on-boot
+    echo '@reboot root PATH="$PATH:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin/" pihole updateGravity >/var/log/pihole/pihole_updateGravity.log || cat /var/log/pihole/pihole_updateGravity.log' > /etc/cron.d/gravity-on-boot
 else
     echo "  Skipping Gravity Database Update."
     [ ! -e /etc/cron.d/gravity-on-boot ] || rm /etc/cron.d/gravity-on-boot &>/dev/null
diff --git a/s6/debian-root/etc/services.d/lighttpd-access-log/run b/s6/debian-root/etc/services.d/lighttpd-access-log/run
index 1473767..61d7cbb 100644
--- a/s6/debian-root/etc/services.d/lighttpd-access-log/run
+++ b/s6/debian-root/etc/services.d/lighttpd-access-log/run
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 s6-echo "Starting lighttpd-access-log"
 
-s6-setuidgid www-data cat /var/log/lighttpd/access.log 2>&1
+s6-setuidgid www-data cat /var/log/lighttpd/access-pihole.log 2>&1
diff --git a/s6/debian-root/etc/services.d/lighttpd-error-log/run b/s6/debian-root/etc/services.d/lighttpd-error-log/run
index c0636fc..45e666a 100644
--- a/s6/debian-root/etc/services.d/lighttpd-error-log/run
+++ b/s6/debian-root/etc/services.d/lighttpd-error-log/run
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 s6-echo "Starting lighttpd-error-log"
 
-s6-setuidgid www-data cat /var/log/lighttpd/error.log 2>&1
+s6-setuidgid www-data cat /var/log/lighttpd/error-pihole.log 2>&1
diff --git a/s6/debian-root/etc/services.d/lighttpd/run b/s6/debian-root/etc/services.d/lighttpd/run
index 2cd314a..8a314fb 100644
--- a/s6/debian-root/etc/services.d/lighttpd/run
+++ b/s6/debian-root/etc/services.d/lighttpd/run
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ s6-echo "Starting lighttpd"
 
 if [[ 1 -eq ${WEBLOGS_STDOUT:-0} ]]; then
   #lighthttpd cannot use /dev/stdout https://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/2731
-  for fi in /var/log/lighttpd/access.log /var/log/lighttpd/error.log
+  for fi in /var/log/lighttpd/access-pihole.log /var/log/lighttpd/error-pihole.log
   do
     if [[ ! -p ${fi} ]]; then
       rm -f ${fi}
@@ -17,16 +17,16 @@ if [[ 1 -eq ${WEBLOGS_STDOUT:-0} ]]; then
   sleep 2
 else
   #remove fifo if exists
-  [[ -p /var/log/lighttpd/access.log ]] && rm -Rf /var/log/lighttpd/access.log
-  [[ -p  /var/log/lighttpd/error.log ]] && rm -Rf /var/log/lighttpd/error.log
+  [[ -p /var/log/lighttpd/access-pihole.log ]] && rm -Rf /var/log/lighttpd/access-pihole.log
+  [[ -p  /var/log/lighttpd/error-pihole.log ]] && rm -Rf /var/log/lighttpd/error-pihole.log
 
   # install /dev/null log files to ensure they exist (create if non-existing, preserve if existing)
-  [[ ! -f /var/log/lighttpd/access.log ]] && install /dev/null /var/log/lighttpd/access.log
-  [[ ! -f  /var/log/lighttpd/error.log ]] && install /dev/null /var/log/lighttpd/error.log
+  [[ ! -f /var/log/lighttpd/access-pihole.log ]] && install /dev/null /var/log/lighttpd/access-pihole.log
+  [[ ! -f  /var/log/lighttpd/error-pihole.log ]] && install /dev/null /var/log/lighttpd/error-pihole.log
 
   # Ensure that permissions are set so that lighttpd can write to the logs
   chown -R www-data:www-data /var/log/lighttpd
-  chmod 0644 /var/log/lighttpd/access.log /var/log/lighttpd/error.log
+  chmod 0644 /var/log/lighttpd/access-pihole.log /var/log/lighttpd/error-pihole.log
 fi
 
 lighttpd -D -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
diff --git a/s6/debian-root/etc/services.d/pihole-FTL/run b/s6/debian-root/etc/services.d/pihole-FTL/run
index 00a75a0..ababe8d 100644
--- a/s6/debian-root/etc/services.d/pihole-FTL/run
+++ b/s6/debian-root/etc/services.d/pihole-FTL/run
@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@ rm -f /dev/shm/FTL-* 2> /dev/null
 rm /run/pihole/FTL.sock 2> /dev/null
 
 # install /dev/null files to ensure they exist (create if non-existing, preserve if existing)
-mkdir -pm 0755 /run/pihole
+mkdir -pm 0755 /run/pihole /var/log/pihole
 [[ ! -f /run/pihole-FTL.pid ]] && install /dev/null /run/pihole-FTL.pid
 [[ ! -f /run/pihole-FTL.port ]] && install /dev/null /run/pihole-FTL.port
-[[ ! -f /var/log/pihole-FTL.log ]] && install /dev/null /var/log/pihole-FTL.log
-[[ ! -f /var/log/pihole.log ]] && install /dev/null /var/log/pihole.log
+[[ ! -f /var/log/pihole/FTL.log ]] && install /dev/null /var/log/pihole/FTL.log
+[[ ! -f /var/log/pihole/pihole.log ]] && install /dev/null /var/log/pihole/pihole.log
 [[ ! -f /etc/pihole/dhcp.leases ]] && install /dev/null /etc/pihole/dhcp.leases
 
 # Ensure that permissions are set so that pihole-FTL can edit all necessary files
-chown pihole:pihole /run/pihole-FTL.pid /run/pihole-FTL.port /var/log/pihole-FTL.log /var/log/pihole.log /etc/pihole/dhcp.leases /run/pihole /etc/pihole
-chmod 0644 /run/pihole-FTL.pid /run/pihole-FTL.port /var/log/pihole-FTL.log /var/log/pihole.log /etc/pihole/dhcp.leases
+chown pihole:pihole /run/pihole-FTL.pid /run/pihole-FTL.port /var/log/pihole/FTL.log /var/log/pihole/pihole.log /etc/pihole/dhcp.leases /run/pihole /etc/pihole
+chmod 0644 /run/pihole-FTL.pid /run/pihole-FTL.port /var/log/pihole/FTL.log /var/log/pihole/pihole.log /etc/pihole/dhcp.leases
 
 # Ensure that permissions are set so that pihole-FTL can edit the files. We ignore errors as the file may not (yet) exist
 chmod -f 0644 /etc/pihole/macvendor.db
@@ -24,10 +24,22 @@ chown -f pihole:pihole /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db /etc/pihole/gravity.db /etc/pih
 # Chown database file permissions so that the pihole group (web interface) can edit the file. We ignore errors as the files may not (yet) exist
 chmod -f 0664 /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db
 
+# Backward compatibility for user-scripts that still expect log files in /var/log instead of /var/log/pihole/
+# Should be removed with Pi-hole v6.0
+if [ ! -f /var/log/pihole.log ]; then
+    ln -s /var/log/pihole/pihole.log /var/log/pihole.log
+    chown -h pihole:pihole /var/log/pihole.log
+
+fi
+if [ ! -f /var/log/pihole-FTL.log ]; then
+    ln -s /var/log/pihole/FTL.log /var/log/pihole-FTL.log
+    chown -h pihole:pihole /var/log/pihole-FTL.log
+fi
+
 # Call capsh with the detected capabilities
 capsh --inh=${CAP_STR:1} --addamb=${CAP_STR:1} --user=$DNSMASQ_USER --keep=1 -- -c "/usr/bin/pihole-FTL $FTL_CMD >/dev/null 2>&1" 
 
 # Notes on above:
 # - DNSMASQ_USER default of pihole is in Dockerfile & can be overwritten by runtime container env
-# - /var/log/pihole*.log has FTL's output that no-daemon would normally print in FG too
+# - /var/log/pihole/pihole*.log has FTL's output that no-daemon would normally print in FG too
 #   prevent duplicating it in docker logs by sending to dev null
diff --git a/test/test_bash_functions.py b/test/test_bash_functions.py
index 6898072..ebdfce1 100644
--- a/test/test_bash_functions.py
+++ b/test/test_bash_functions.py
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ def test_dns_interface_override_defaults(docker, slow, args_env, expected_stdout
 expected_debian_lines = [
     '"VIRTUAL_HOST" => "127.0.0.1"',
     '"ServerIP" => "127.0.0.1"',
-    '"PHP_ERROR_LOG" => "/var/log/lighttpd/error.log"'
+    '"PHP_ERROR_LOG" => "/var/log/lighttpd/error-pihole.log"'
 ]