diff --git a/overlay/etc/skel/.bash_profile b/overlay/etc/skel/.bash_profile
index 85352f9..61996bc 100644
--- a/overlay/etc/skel/.bash_profile
+++ b/overlay/etc/skel/.bash_profile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Author      : Gaston Gonzalez
 # Date        : 23 April 2024
-# Updated     : 25 October 2024
+# Updated     : 5 November 2024
 # Description : bash profile
 
 # All user accounts should be in the 'et-data' group to allow data sharing with
@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@ cat /etc/motd
 echo -e "${NC}"
 
 export ET_USER_CONFIG=${HOME}/.config/emcomm-tools/user.json
+export ET_LOG_DIR=${HOME}/.local/share/emcomm-tools
+
diff --git a/overlay/opt/emcomm-tools/bin/et-ardop b/overlay/opt/emcomm-tools/bin/et-ardop
index 5d13111..8f6bc5d 100755
--- a/overlay/opt/emcomm-tools/bin/et-ardop
+++ b/overlay/opt/emcomm-tools/bin/et-ardop
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 ARDOP_PORT=8515
 
+[ -z ${ET_LOG_DIR} ] && ET_LOG_DIR="${HOME}/.local/share/emcomm-tools"
+[ ! -e ${ET_LOG_DIR} ] && mkdir -p ${ET_LOG_DIR}
+
 # 1. Check if the symlink was created by the udev rules
 if [ -e /dev/et-audio ]; then
 
@@ -41,6 +44,6 @@ else
   exit 1
 fi
 
-CMD="ardopcf ${ARDOP_PORT} ${ARDOP_AUDIO_DEVICE} ${ARDOP_AUDIO_DEVICE}"
+CMD="ardopcf ${ARDOP_PORT} ${ARDOP_AUDIO_DEVICE} ${ARDOP_AUDIO_DEVICE} --logdir ${ET_LOG_DIR}"
 et-log "Starting ARDOP with: '${CMD}'"
 ${CMD}