diff --git a/albumart.c b/albumart.c
index c4cc5c9..c2d6447 100644
--- a/albumart.c
+++ b/albumart.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 int
 art_cache_exists(const char * orig_path, char ** cache_file)
 {
-	asprintf(cache_file, DB_PATH "/art_cache%s", orig_path);
+	asprintf(cache_file, "%s/art_cache%s", db_path, orig_path);
 	strcpy(strchr(*cache_file, '\0')-4, ".jpg");
 
 	return (!access(*cache_file, F_OK));
diff --git a/genconfig.sh b/genconfig.sh
index f266ff2..7a0f24e 100755
--- a/genconfig.sh
+++ b/genconfig.sh
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ echo "#define OS_URL		\"${OS_URL}\"" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
 echo "" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
 
 echo "/* full path of the file database */" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
-echo "#define DB_PATH		\"${DB_PATH}\"" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
+echo "#define DEFAULT_DB_PATH	\"${DB_PATH}\"" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
 echo "" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
 
 echo "/* Comment the following line to use home made daemonize() func instead" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
diff --git a/log.c b/log.c
index fbc686e..d40e9ab 100644
--- a/log.c
+++ b/log.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ log_err(int level, enum _log_facility facility, char *fname, int lineno, char *f
 	time_t t;
 	struct tm *tm;
 
-	if (level && level>log_level[facility])
+	if (level && level>log_level[facility] && level>E_FATAL)
 		return;
 
 	if (!log_fp)
diff --git a/minidlna.c b/minidlna.c
index b2fa542..850f3e2 100644
--- a/minidlna.c
+++ b/minidlna.c
@@ -197,10 +197,19 @@ getfriendlyname(char * buf, int len)
 	#endif
 }
 
-void
+int
 open_db(void)
 {
-	if( sqlite3_open(DB_PATH "/files.db", &db) != SQLITE_OK )
+	char path[PATH_MAX];
+	int new_db = 0;
+
+	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/files.db", db_path);
+	if( access(path, F_OK) != 0 )
+	{
+		new_db = 1;
+		make_dir(db_path, S_ISVTX|S_IRWXU|S_IRWXG|S_IRWXO);
+	}
+	if( sqlite3_open(path, &db) != SQLITE_OK )
 	{
 		DPRINTF(E_FATAL, L_GENERAL, "ERROR: Failed to open sqlite database!  Exiting...\n");
 	}
@@ -209,6 +218,7 @@ open_db(void)
 	sql_exec(db, "pragma journal_mode = OFF");
 	sql_exec(db, "pragma synchronous = OFF;");
 	sql_exec(db, "pragma default_cache_size = 8192;");
+	return new_db;
 }
 
 /* init phase :
@@ -385,6 +395,18 @@ init(int argc, char * * argv)
 					}
 				}
 				break;
+			case UPNPDBDIR:
+				path = realpath(ary_options[i].value, real_path);
+				if( !path )
+					path = (ary_options[i].value);
+				make_dir(path, S_ISVTX|S_IRWXU|S_IRWXG|S_IRWXO);
+				if( access(path, F_OK) != 0 )
+				{
+					DPRINTF(E_FATAL, L_GENERAL, "Database path not accessible! [%s]\n", path);
+					break;
+				}
+				strncpy(db_path, path, PATH_MAX);
+				break;
 			case UPNPINOTIFY:
 				if( (strcmp(ary_options[i].value, "yes") != 0) && !atoi(ary_options[i].value) )
 					CLEARFLAG(INOTIFY_MASK);
@@ -533,7 +555,8 @@ init(int argc, char * * argv)
 			runtime_vars.port = 0; // triggers help display
 			break;
 		case 'R':
-			system("rm -rf " DB_PATH); // triggers a full rescan
+			snprintf(real_path, sizeof(real_path), "rm -rf %s", db_path);
+			system(real_path);
 			break;
 		case 'V':
 			printf("Version " MINIDLNA_VERSION "\n");
@@ -596,7 +619,10 @@ init(int argc, char * * argv)
 		#ifdef READYNAS
 		log_init("/var/log/upnp-av.log", "general,artwork,database,inotify,scanner,metadata,http,ssdp,tivo=warn");
 		#else
-		log_init(DB_PATH "/minidlna.log", "general,artwork,database,inotify,scanner,metadata,http,ssdp,tivo=warn");
+		if( access(db_path, F_OK) != 0 )
+			make_dir(db_path, S_ISVTX|S_IRWXU|S_IRWXG|S_IRWXO);
+		sprintf(real_path, "%s/minidlna.log", db_path);
+		log_init(real_path, "general,artwork,database,inotify,scanner,metadata,http,ssdp,tivo=warn");
 		#endif
 	}
 
@@ -618,7 +644,7 @@ init(int argc, char * * argv)
 	{
 #ifdef READYNAS
 		snprintf(presentationurl, PRESENTATIONURL_MAX_LEN,
-		         "https://%s/admin/", lan_addr[0].str);
+		         "http://%s/admin/", lan_addr[0].str);
 #else
 		snprintf(presentationurl, PRESENTATIONURL_MAX_LEN,
 		         "http://%s:%d/", lan_addr[0].str, runtime_vars.port);
@@ -694,14 +720,7 @@ main(int argc, char * * argv)
 #endif
 	LIST_INIT(&upnphttphead);
 
-	if( access(DB_PATH, F_OK) != 0 )
-	{
-		char *db_path = strdup(DB_PATH);
-		make_dir(db_path, S_ISVTX|S_IRWXU|S_IRWXG|S_IRWXO);
-		free(db_path);
-		new_db = 1;
-	}
-	open_db();
+	new_db = open_db();
 	if( !new_db )
 	{
 		updateID = sql_get_int_field(db, "SELECT UPDATE_ID from SETTINGS");
@@ -717,8 +736,10 @@ main(int argc, char * * argv)
 			DPRINTF(E_WARN, L_GENERAL, "Database version mismatch; need to recreate...\n");
 		}
 		sqlite3_close(db);
-		unlink(DB_PATH "/files.db");
-		system("rm -rf " DB_PATH "/art_cache");
+		char *cmd;
+		asprintf(&cmd, "rm -rf %s/files.db %s/art_cache", db_path, db_path);
+		system(cmd);
+		free(cmd);
 		open_db();
 		if( CreateDatabase() != 0 )
 		{
diff --git a/minidlna.conf b/minidlna.conf
index 352c14b..5a93936 100644
--- a/minidlna.conf
+++ b/minidlna.conf
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ media_dir=/opt
 # set this if you want to customize the name that shows up on your clients
 #friendly_name=My DLNA Server
 
+# set this if you would like to specify the directory where you want MiniDLNA to store its database and album art cache
+#db_dir=/var/cache/minidlna
+
 # this should be a list of file names to check for when searching for album art
 # note: names should be delimited with a forward slash ("/")
 album_art_names=Cover.jpg/cover.jpg/AlbumArtSmall.jpg/albumartsmall.jpg/AlbumArt.jpg/albumart.jpg/Album.jpg/album.jpg/Folder.jpg/folder.jpg/Thumb.jpg/thumb.jpg
diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
index e654c60..144b1a2 100644
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ static const struct {
 	{ UPNPMEDIADIR, "media_dir"},
 	{ UPNPALBUMART_NAMES, "album_art_names"},
 	{ UPNPINOTIFY, "inotify" },
+	{ UPNPDBDIR, "db_dir" },
 	{ ENABLE_TIVO, "enable_tivo" },
 	{ ENABLE_DLNA_STRICT, "strict_dlna" }
 };
diff --git a/options.h b/options.h
index ae0b80f..4d9ceb2 100644
--- a/options.h
+++ b/options.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ enum upnpconfigoptions {
 	UPNPMEDIADIR,			/* directory to search for UPnP-A/V content */
 	UPNPALBUMART_NAMES,		/* list of '/'-delimited file names to check for album art */
 	UPNPINOTIFY,			/* enable inotify on the media directories */
+	UPNPDBDIR,			/* base directory to store the database, log files, and album art cache */
 	ENABLE_TIVO,			/* enable support for streaming images and music to TiVo */
 	ENABLE_DLNA_STRICT		/* strictly adhere to DLNA specs */
 };
diff --git a/upnpglobalvars.c b/upnpglobalvars.c
index d35fad8..c6eade7 100644
--- a/upnpglobalvars.c
+++ b/upnpglobalvars.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  */
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <linux/limits.h>
 
 #include "config.h"
 #include "upnpglobalvars.h"
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ struct lan_addr_s lan_addr[MAX_LAN_ADDR];
 sqlite3 * db;
 char dlna_no_conv[] = "DLNA.ORG_OP=01;DLNA.ORG_CI=0";
 char friendly_name[FRIENDLYNAME_MAX_LEN];
+char db_path[PATH_MAX] = DEFAULT_DB_PATH;
 struct media_dir_s * media_dirs = NULL;
 struct album_art_name_s * album_art_names = NULL;
 struct client_cache_s clients[CLIENT_CACHE_SLOTS];
diff --git a/upnpglobalvars.h b/upnpglobalvars.h
index 5f71fd0..20f7cd8 100644
--- a/upnpglobalvars.h
+++ b/upnpglobalvars.h
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ extern sqlite3 *db;
 extern char dlna_no_conv[];
 #define FRIENDLYNAME_MAX_LEN (64)
 extern char friendly_name[];
+extern char db_path[];
 extern struct media_dir_s * media_dirs;
 extern struct album_art_name_s * album_art_names;
 extern struct client_cache_s clients[CLIENT_CACHE_SLOTS];
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index c199d19..c08284c 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <linux/limits.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #include "minidlnatypes.h"
+#include "log.h"
 
 int
 ends_with(const char * haystack, const char * needle)
@@ -198,7 +200,7 @@ make_dir(char * path, mode_t mode)
 
 	} while (1);
 
-	printf("make_dir: cannot create directory '%s'", path);
+	DPRINTF(E_WARN, L_GENERAL, "make_dir: cannot create directory '%s'\n", path);
 	return -1;
 }