diff --git a/contrib/docker/conf/homeserver.yaml b/contrib/docker/conf/homeserver.yaml
index 198b8ddee7..6bc25bb45f 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/conf/homeserver.yaml
+++ b/contrib/docker/conf/homeserver.yaml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ database:
 event_cache_size: "{{ SYNAPSE_EVENT_CACHE_SIZE or "10K" }}"
 verbose: 0
 log_file: "/data/homeserver.log"
-log_config: "/data/{{ SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME }}.log.config"
+log_config: "/compiled/log.config"
 
 ## Ratelimiting ##
 
diff --git a/contrib/docker/start.py b/contrib/docker/start.py
index d4c1140b1d..75c30b8ac0 100755
--- a/contrib/docker/start.py
+++ b/contrib/docker/start.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ else:
         environ["SYNAPSE_APPSERVICES"] = glob.glob("/data/appservices/*.yaml")
         if not os.path.exists("/compiled"): os.mkdir("/compiled")
         convert("/conf/homeserver.yaml", "/compiled/homeserver.yaml", environ)
-        convert("/conf/log.config", "/compiled/%s.log.config" % environ["SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME"], environ)
+        convert("/conf/log.config", "/compiled/log.config", environ)
         subprocess.check_output(["chown", "-R", ownership, "/data"])
         args += ["--config-path", "/compiled/homeserver.yaml"]
     # Generate missing keys and start synapse