diff --git a/composeApp/build.gradle.kts b/composeApp/build.gradle.kts
index 84a9b33..85e00dc 100644
--- a/composeApp/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/composeApp/build.gradle.kts
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ kotlin {
             implementation(libs.favre.bcrypt)
 
             implementation(libs.logback)
+            implementation(libs.janino)
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/composeApp/src/desktopMain/resources/logback.xml b/composeApp/src/desktopMain/resources/logback.xml
index 9e2d565..1e36bbc 100644
--- a/composeApp/src/desktopMain/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/composeApp/src/desktopMain/resources/logback.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 <configuration>
 
+    <property name="logDir" value="${user.home}/.bankmeister" /> <!-- For Release, write to the user's home directory -->
+
+    <if condition='property("ENV").equalsIgnoreCase("debug")'>
+        <then>
+            <property name="logDir" value="${user.dir}/data" /> <!-- For Debug/Development, write to the current directory -->
+        </then>
+    </if>
+
+    <if condition='property("ENV") == "debug"'>
+        <then>
+            <property name="logDir" value="${user.dir}/data" /> <!-- For Debug/Development, write to the current directory -->
+        </then>
+    </if>
+
     <appender name="stdout" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
         <encoder>
             <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</pattern>
@@ -17,7 +31,7 @@
     <timestamp key="bySecond" datePattern="yyyyMMdd'T'HHmmss"/>
 
     <appender name="file" class="ch.qos.logback.core.FileAppender">
-        <file>data/logs/Bankmeister-${bySecond}.log</file>
+        <file>${logDir}/logs/Bankmeister-${bySecond}.log</file>
         <!-- encoders are assigned the type
              ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder by default -->
         <encoder>
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 9bc76da..274bc33 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ favre-bcrypt = "0.10.2"
 
 klf = "1.6.2"
 logback = "1.5.7"
+janino = "3.1.12"
 
 sqlDelight = "2.0.2"
 
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ favre-bcrypt = { group = "at.favre.lib", name = "bcrypt", version.ref = "favre-b
 
 klf = { group = "net.codinux.log", name = "klf", version.ref = "klf" }
 logback = { group = "ch.qos.logback", name = "logback-classic", version.ref = "logback" }
+janino = { group = "org.codehaus.janino", name = "janino", version.ref = "janino" }
 
 sqldelight-runtime = { module = "app.cash.sqldelight:runtime", version.ref = "sqlDelight" }
 sqldelight-coroutines-extensions = { module = "app.cash.sqldelight:coroutines-extensions", version.ref = "sqlDelight" }