diff --git a/templates/fail2ban.local.j2 b/templates/fail2ban.local.j2
index 59bc278..5d8cdb8 100644
--- a/templates/fail2ban.local.j2
+++ b/templates/fail2ban.local.j2
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [Definition]
-logtarget = SYSTEMD-JOURNAL
+logtarget = SYSOUT