diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f54f6ec..329fe46 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ Minimal supported version of kanata is `v1.6.0`.
 
 More specifically, builds after commit [010338b](https://github.com/jtroo/kanata/commit/010338b14d0020098b9263a615ef2152c249d666) (because it fixed an issue with TCP server)
 
+## Troubleshooting
+
+Log file - By default kanata-tray will try to write a log file named `kanata_tray_lastrun.log` in the same directory as itself. If it causes problems e.g. because of the location is read-only, the log directory can be changed by setting new path in `KANATA_TRAY_LOG_DIR` environment variable.
+
+Debug logs - more verbose kanata-tray output, debug logging can be enabled with `--log-level=1` flag. You can use it to see loaded config struct or raw tcp messages from kanata.
+
 ## Linux Dependencies
 
 For Linux, make sure to install required packages first:
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 093d4e9..150d705 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ var (
 	version  = flag.Bool("version", false, "Print the version and exit")
 )
 
+const (
+	configFileName = "kanata-tray.toml"
+	logFilename    = "kanata_tray_lastrun.log"
+)
+
 func main() {
 	flag.Parse()
 	if *version {
@@ -46,13 +51,11 @@ func main() {
 	}
 }
 
-const configFileName = "kanata-tray.toml"
-
 func figureOutConfigDir() (configFolder string) {
 	if v := os.Getenv("KANATA_TRAY_CONFIG_DIR"); v != "" {
 		return v
 	}
-	exePath, err := os.Executable()
+	exePath, err := exePath()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("Failed to get kanata-tray executable path, can't check if kanata-tray.toml is there. Error: %v", err)
 	} else {
@@ -64,20 +67,44 @@ func figureOutConfigDir() (configFolder string) {
 	return configdir.LocalConfig("kanata-tray")
 }
 
-func mainImpl() error {
-	log.SetLevel(log.Lvl(*logLevel))
-
+func exePath() (string, error) {
 	exePath, err := os.Executable()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to determine kanata-tray path: %v", err)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("os.Executable: %v", err)
 	}
 	exePath, err = filepath.EvalSymlinks(exePath)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to eval symlinks: %v", err)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("filepath.EvalSymlinks: %v", err)
 	}
-	exeDir := filepath.Dir(exePath)
-	const logFilename string = "kanata_tray_lastrun.log"
-	logFilepath := filepath.Join(exeDir, logFilename)
+	return exePath, nil
+}
+
+func mainImpl() error {
+	log.SetLevel(log.Lvl(*logLevel))
+
+	if int(*logLevel) <= int(log.DEBUG) {
+		log.SetHeader(`${time_rfc3339_nano} ${level} ${short_file}:${line}`)
+	} else {
+		log.SetHeader(`${time_rfc3339_nano} ${level}`)
+	}
+
+	var logDir string
+	if v := os.Getenv("KANATA_TRAY_LOG_DIR"); v != "" {
+		var err error
+		logDir, err = filepath.EvalSymlinks(v)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("filepath.EvalSymlinks on KANATA_TRAY_LOG_DIR failed: %v", err)
+		}
+	} else {
+		exePath, err := exePath()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to determine kanata-tray executable path: %v", err)
+		}
+		exeDirPath := filepath.Dir(exePath)
+		logDir = exeDirPath
+	}
+
+	logFilepath := filepath.Join(logDir, logFilename)
 	logFile, err := os.Create(logFilepath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create %s file: %v", logFilename, err)
@@ -91,12 +118,6 @@ func mainImpl() error {
 		log.SetOutput(io.MultiWriter(logFile, os.Stderr))
 	}
 
-	if int(*logLevel) <= int(log.DEBUG) {
-		log.SetHeader(`${time_rfc3339_nano} ${level} ${short_file}:${line}`)
-	} else {
-		log.SetHeader(`${time_rfc3339_nano} ${level}`)
-	}
-
 	configFolder := figureOutConfigDir()
 
 	log.Infof("kanata-tray config folder: %s", configFolder)