diff --git a/minidlna.c b/minidlna.c
index 17b1d9c..a8853f9 100644
--- a/minidlna.c
+++ b/minidlna.c
@@ -546,6 +546,15 @@ init(int argc, char * * argv)
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	if( log_path[0] == '\0' )
+	{
+		if( db_path[0] == '\0' )
+			strncpy(log_path, DEFAULT_LOG_PATH, PATH_MAX);
+		else
+			strncpy(log_path, db_path, PATH_MAX);
+	}
+	if( db_path[0] == '\0' )
+		strncpy(db_path, DEFAULT_DB_PATH, PATH_MAX);
 
 	/* command line arguments processing */
 	for(i=1; i<argc; i++)
@@ -676,7 +685,7 @@ init(int argc, char * * argv)
 			runtime_vars.port = 0; // triggers help display
 			break;
 		case 'R':
-			snprintf(real_path, sizeof(real_path), "rm -rf %s/*", db_path);
+			snprintf(real_path, sizeof(real_path), "rm -rf %s/files.db %s/art_cache", db_path, db_path);
 			system(real_path);
 			break;
 		case 'V':
diff --git a/minidlna.conf b/minidlna.conf
index 5a93936..f44c350 100644
--- a/minidlna.conf
+++ b/minidlna.conf
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ media_dir=/opt
 # 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
 
+# set this if you would like to specify the directory where you want MiniDLNA to store its log file
+#log_dir=/var/log
+
 # 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/upnpglobalvars.c b/upnpglobalvars.c
index ad135e2..d059daa 100644
--- a/upnpglobalvars.c
+++ b/upnpglobalvars.c
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ 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;
-char log_path[PATH_MAX] = DEFAULT_LOG_PATH;
+char db_path[PATH_MAX] = {'\0'};
+char log_path[PATH_MAX] = {'\0'};
 struct media_dir_s * media_dirs = NULL;
 struct album_art_name_s * album_art_names = NULL;
 struct client_cache_s clients[CLIENT_CACHE_SLOTS];