diff --git a/app/main/cli.py b/app/main/cli.py
index a97fa71c..362f172d 100644
--- a/app/main/cli.py
+++ b/app/main/cli.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ def deploy():
     print('Make default directories')
     base_dir = current_app.config['NOPAQUE_DATA_DIR']
     default_dirs: List[Path] = [
-        Path('/var/log/nopaque'),
         base_dir / 'tmp',
         base_dir / 'users'
     ]
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 5f3d4f28..7e909500 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class Config:
     APIFAIRY_UI_PATH = '/api'
 
     ''' # Flask # '''
+    APPLICATION_ROOT = os.environ.get('APPLICATION_ROOT', '/')
     PREFERRED_URL_SCHEME = os.environ.get('PREFERRED_URL_SCHEME', 'http')
     SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('SECRET_KEY', 'hard to guess string')
     SERVER_NAME = os.environ.get('SERVER_NAME', 'localhost:5000')
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ class Config:
 
     ''' # Flask-Hashids '''
     HASHIDS_MIN_LENGTH = int(os.environ.get('HASHIDS_MIN_LENGTH', '16'))
-    HASHIDS_SALT=os.environ.get('HASHIDS_SALT', 'hard to guess string')
+    HASHIDS_SALT = os.environ.get('HASHIDS_SALT', 'hard to guess string')
 
     ''' # Flask-Login # '''
     REMEMBER_COOKIE_SECURE = \
@@ -85,17 +86,15 @@ class Config:
         '[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s in '
         '%(pathname)s (function: %(funcName)s, line: %(lineno)d): %(message)s'
     )
-    NOPAQUE_LOG_LEVEL = os.environ.get('NOPAQUE_LOG_LEVEL', 'INFO')
     NOPAQUE_LOG_FILE_ENABLED = \
-        os.environ.get('NOPAQUE_LOG_FILE_ENABLED', 'true').lower() == 'true'
-    NOPAQUE_LOG_FILE_DIR = \
-        os.environ.get('NOPAQUE_LOGS_PATH', os.path.join(basedir, 'logs'))
+        os.environ.get('NOPAQUE_LOG_FILE_ENABLED', 'false').lower() == 'true'
+    NOPAQUE_LOG_FILE_DIR = Path(os.environ.get('NOPAQUE_LOG_FILE_DIR', '/var/log/nopaque'))
     NOPAQUE_LOG_FILE_LEVEL = \
-        os.environ.get('NOPAQUE_LOG_FILE_LEVEL', NOPAQUE_LOG_LEVEL)
+        os.environ.get('NOPAQUE_LOG_FILE_LEVEL', None)
     NOPAQUE_LOG_STDERR_ENABLED = \
-        os.environ.get('NOPAQUE_LOG_STDERR_ENABLED', 'false').lower() == 'true'
+        os.environ.get('NOPAQUE_LOG_STDERR_ENABLED', 'true').lower() == 'true'
     NOPAQUE_LOG_STDERR_LEVEL = \
-        os.environ.get('NOPAQUE_LOG_STDERR_LEVEL', NOPAQUE_LOG_LEVEL)
+        os.environ.get('NOPAQUE_LOG_STDERR_LEVEL', None)
 
     NOPAQUE_PROXY_FIX_ENABLED = \
         os.environ.get('NOPAQUE_PROXY_FIX_ENABLED', 'false').lower() == 'true'
@@ -119,42 +118,35 @@ class Config:
 
     @staticmethod
     def init_app(app: Flask):
-        # Set up logging according to the corresponding (NOPAQUE_LOG_*)
-        # configurations
-        app.logger.setLevel(app.config['NOPAQUE_LOG_LEVEL'])
-        # Remove existing handlers
         for handler in app.logger.handlers:
             app.logger.removeHandler(handler)
-        # Setup handlers
-        formatter = logging.Formatter(
+
+        log_formatter = logging.Formatter(
             fmt=app.config['NOPAQUE_LOG_FORMAT'],
             datefmt=app.config['NOPAQUE_LOG_DATE_FORMAT']
         )
-        if app.config['NOPAQUE_IS_PRIMARY_INSTANCE']:
-           app.config['JOBS'].append(
-                {
-                    "id": "daemon",
-                    "func": "app.daemon:daemon",
-                    "args": (app,),
-                    "trigger": "interval",
-                    "seconds": 3,
-                }
-           )
+
         if app.config['NOPAQUE_LOG_STDERR_ENABLED']:
+            log_stderr_level: str | None = app.config['NOPAQUE_LOG_STDERR_LEVEL']
             stream_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
-            stream_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-            stream_handler.setLevel(app.config['NOPAQUE_LOG_STDERR_LEVEL'])
+            stream_handler.setFormatter(log_formatter)
+            if log_stderr_level is not None:
+                stream_handler.setLevel(log_stderr_level)
             app.logger.addHandler(stream_handler)
+
         if app.config['NOPAQUE_LOG_FILE_ENABLED']:
-            if not os.path.exists(app.config['NOPAQUE_LOG_FILE_DIR']):
-                os.mkdir(app.config['NOPAQUE_LOG_FILE_DIR'])
+            log_file_dir: Path = app.config['NOPAQUE_LOG_FILE_DIR']
+            log_file_level: str | None = app.config['NOPAQUE_LOG_FILE_LEVEL']
+            if not log_file_dir.exists():
+                log_file_dir.mkdir()
             rotating_file_handler = RotatingFileHandler(
-                os.path.join(app.config['NOPAQUE_LOG_FILE_DIR'], 'nopaque.log'),  # noqa
+                log_file_dir / 'nopaque.log',
                 maxBytes=10_240,
                 backupCount=10
             )
-            rotating_file_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-            rotating_file_handler.setLevel(app.config['NOPAQUE_LOG_FILE_LEVEL'])  # noqa
+            rotating_file_handler.setFormatter(log_formatter)
+            if log_file_level is not None:
+                rotating_file_handler.setLevel(log_file_level)
             app.logger.addHandler(rotating_file_handler)
 
         if app.config['NOPAQUE_PROXY_FIX_ENABLED']:
@@ -168,3 +160,14 @@ class Config:
                 x_prefix=app.config['NOPAQUE_PROXY_FIX_X_PREFIX'],
                 x_proto=app.config['NOPAQUE_PROXY_FIX_X_PROTO']
             )
+
+        if app.config['NOPAQUE_IS_PRIMARY_INSTANCE']:
+           app.config['JOBS'].append(
+                {
+                    "id": "daemon",
+                    "func": "app.daemon:daemon",
+                    "args": (app,),
+                    "trigger": "interval",
+                    "seconds": 3,
+                }
+           )
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a3a19a14..5f702b90 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ services:
     restart: "unless-stopped"
     volumes:
       - "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"
-      - "./volumes/nopaque/logs:/var/log/nopaque"
       # DANGER: Don't change the following mount within a Docker Compose
       #         config file, use the `.env` file instead.
       - "${HOST_NOPAQUE_DATA_PATH}:${HOST_NOPAQUE_DATA_PATH}"
diff --git a/nopaque.env.tpl b/nopaque.env.tpl
index 74699e62..dacb3d4e 100644
--- a/nopaque.env.tpl
+++ b/nopaque.env.tpl
@@ -113,10 +113,10 @@ NOPAQUE_ADMIN=
 # DEFAULT: /mnt/nopaque
 # NOTES:
 # - This must be a network share and it must be available on all
-#   Docker Swarm nodes, mounted to the same path with the same
-#   user and group ownership
+#   Docker Swarm nodes, mounted to the same path.
 # - When running with Docker Compose, this gets overwritten in the
-#   `docker-compose.yml` file
+#   `docker-compose.yml` file with the value of the `HOST_NOPAQUE_DATA_PATH`
+#   environment variable from the `.env` file.
 # NOPAQUE_DATA_PATH=
 
 # CHOOSE ONE: False, True
@@ -141,30 +141,22 @@ NOPAQUE_DOCKER_REGISTRY_PASSWORD=
 # DEFAULT: [%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s in %(pathname)s (function: %(funcName)s, line: %(lineno)d): %(message)s
 # NOPAQUE_LOG_FORMAT=
 
-# DEFAULT: INFO
-# CHOOSE ONE: CRITICAL, ERROR, WARNING, INFO, DEBUG
-# NOPAQUE_LOG_LEVEL=
-
 # CHOOSE ONE: False, True
-# DEFAULT: True
+# DEFAULT: False
 # NOPAQUE_LOG_FILE_ENABLED=
 
-# DEFAULT: <nopaque-basedir>/logs
-# NOTES:
-# - Use `.` as <nopaque-basedir>
-# - When running with Docker Compose, this gets overwritten in the
-#   `docker-compose.yml` file
-# NOPAQUE_LOGS_PATH=
+# DEFAULT: /var/log/nopaque
+# NOPAQUE_LOG_FILE_DIR=
 
-# DEFAULT: NOPAQUE_LOG_LEVEL
+# DEFAULT: DEBUG if FLASK_DEBUG == True else WARNING
 # CHOOSE ONE: CRITICAL, ERROR, WARNING, INFO, DEBUG
 # NOPAQUE_LOG_FILE_LEVEL=
 
 # CHOOSE ONE: False, True
-# DEFAULT: False
+# DEFAULT: True
 # NOPAQUE_LOG_STDERR_ENABLED=
 
-# DEFAULT: NOPAQUE_LOG_LEVEL
+# DEFAULT: DEBUG if FLASK_DEBUG == True else WARNING
 # CHOOSE ONE: CRITICAL, ERROR, WARNING, INFO, DEBUG
 # NOPAQUE_LOG_STDERR_LEVEL=