diff --git a/debian/scripts/koha-create b/debian/scripts/koha-create
index a36f7e3167..2a6c87dddd 100755
--- a/debian/scripts/koha-create
+++ b/debian/scripts/koha-create
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ generate_config_file() {
     touch "$2"
     chown "root:$username" "$2"
     chmod 0640 "$2"
-    sed -e "s/__KOHASITE__/$name/g" \
+    sed -e "s/__KOHA_CONF_DIR__/\/etc\/koha\/sites\/$name/g" \
+        -e "s/__KOHASITE__/$name/g" \
         -e "s/__OPACPORT__/$OPACPORT/g" \
         -e "s/__INTRAPORT__/$INTRAPORT/g" \
         -e "s/__OPACSERVER__/$opacdomain/g" \
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ generate_config_file() {
         -e "s/__UNIXUSER__/$username/g" \
         -e "s/__UNIXGROUP__/$username/g" \
         -e "s#__UPLOAD_PATH__#$UPLOAD_PATH#g" \
+        -e "s/__LOG_DIR__/\/var\/log\/koha\/$name/g" \
         -e "s/__PLUGINS_DIR__/\/var\/lib\/koha\/$name\/plugins/g" \
         -e "s/__MEMCACHED_NAMESPACE__/$MEMCACHED_NAMESPACE/g" \
         -e "s/__MEMCACHED_SERVERS__/$MEMCACHED_SERVERS/g" \
diff --git a/debian/templates/koha-conf-site.xml.in b/debian/templates/koha-conf-site.xml.in
index 904a7e4014..874ff0b21d 100644
--- a/debian/templates/koha-conf-site.xml.in
+++ b/debian/templates/koha-conf-site.xml.in
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ __END_SRU_PUBLICSERVER__
  <opachtdocs>/usr/share/koha/opac/htdocs/opac-tmpl</opachtdocs>
  <intrahtdocs>/usr/share/koha/intranet/htdocs/intranet-tmpl</intrahtdocs>
  <includes>/usr/share/koha/intranet/htdocs/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/</includes>
- <logdir>/var/log/koha/__KOHASITE__</logdir>
+ <logdir>__LOG_DIR__</logdir>
  <docdir>/usr/share/doc/koha-common</docdir>
  <backupdir>/var/spool/koha/__KOHASITE__</backupdir>
  <!-- Enable the two following to allow superlibrarians to download