diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index d3099619..e54c8003 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ setup_runtime_directories() {
         "/var/lib/aitbc"
         "/var/lib/aitbc/keystore"
         "/var/lib/aitbc/data"
-        "/var/lib/aitbc/logs"
+        "/var/log/aitbc"
         "/etc/aitbc"
     )
     
@@ -104,26 +104,23 @@ setup_runtime_directories() {
     chmod 755 /var/lib/aitbc
     chmod 700 /var/lib/aitbc/keystore  # Secure keystore
     chmod 755 /var/lib/aitbc/data
-    chmod 755 /var/lib/aitbc/logs
+    chmod 755 /var/log/aitbc
     chmod 755 /etc/aitbc
     
     # Set ownership
     chown root:root /var/lib/aitbc
     chown root:root /var/lib/aitbc/keystore
     chown root:root /var/lib/aitbc/data
-    chown root:root /var/lib/aitbc/logs
+    chown root:root /var/log/aitbc
     chown root:root /etc/aitbc
     
     # Create README files
     echo "# AITBC Runtime Data Directory" > /var/lib/aitbc/README.md
     echo "# Keystore for blockchain keys (SECURE)" > /var/lib/aitbc/keystore/README.md
     echo "# Application databases" > /var/lib/aitbc/data/README.md
-    echo "# Application logs" > /var/lib/aitbc/logs/README.md
+    echo "# Application logs" > /var/log/aitbc/README.md
     echo "# AITBC Configuration Files" > /etc/aitbc/README.md
     
-    # Create symlink for standard logging
-    ln -sf /var/lib/aitbc/logs /var/log/aitbc
-    
     success "Runtime directories setup completed"
 }
 
diff --git a/systemd/aitbc-advanced-ai.service b/systemd/aitbc-advanced-ai.service
index 135cd931..ac3a7eff 100644
--- a/systemd/aitbc-advanced-ai.service
+++ b/systemd/aitbc-advanced-ai.service
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ NoNewPrivileges=true
 PrivateTmp=true
 ProtectSystem=strict
 ProtectHome=true
-ReadWritePaths=/var/lib/aitbc/logs /var/lib/aitbc/data
+ReadWritePaths=/var/log/aitbc /var/lib/aitbc/data
 
 # Resource limits
 LimitNOFILE=65536
diff --git a/systemd/aitbc-enterprise-api.service b/systemd/aitbc-enterprise-api.service
index b424441d..c97ecb71 100644
--- a/systemd/aitbc-enterprise-api.service
+++ b/systemd/aitbc-enterprise-api.service
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ NoNewPrivileges=true
 PrivateTmp=true
 ProtectSystem=strict
 ProtectHome=true
-ReadWritePaths=/var/lib/aitbc/logs /var/lib/aitbc/data
+ReadWritePaths=/var/log/aitbc /var/lib/aitbc/data
 
 # Resource limits
 LimitNOFILE=65536
diff --git a/systemd/aitbc-multimodal-gpu.service b/systemd/aitbc-multimodal-gpu.service
index a9916e6d..a4601130 100644
--- a/systemd/aitbc-multimodal-gpu.service
+++ b/systemd/aitbc-multimodal-gpu.service
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ NoNewPrivileges=true
 PrivateTmp=true
 ProtectSystem=strict
 ProtectHome=true
-ReadWritePaths=/var/lib/aitbc/logs /var/lib/aitbc/data /dev/nvidia*
+ReadWritePaths=/var/log/aitbc /var/lib/aitbc/data /dev/nvidia*
 LimitNOFILE=65536
 
 # GPU access
diff --git a/systemd/aitbc-web-ui.service b/systemd/aitbc-web-ui.service
index 2919734d..705f501c 100644
--- a/systemd/aitbc-web-ui.service
+++ b/systemd/aitbc-web-ui.service
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ NoNewPrivileges=true
 PrivateTmp=true
 ProtectSystem=strict
 ProtectHome=true
-ReadWritePaths=/var/lib/aitbc/logs /var/lib/aitbc/data
+ReadWritePaths=/var/log/aitbc /var/lib/aitbc/data
 LimitNOFILE=65536
 
 # Resource limits