diff --git a/controllers/llamaCPP.cc b/controllers/llamaCPP.cc
index 39696c549..fc2705cdc 100644
--- a/controllers/llamaCPP.cc
+++ b/controllers/llamaCPP.cc
@@ -452,10 +452,11 @@ bool llamaCPP::loadModelImpl(const Json::Value &jsonBody) {
     this->pre_prompt = jsonBody.get("pre_prompt", "").asString();
     this->repeat_last_n = jsonBody.get("repeat_last_n", 32).asInt();
 
-    // Set folder for llama log
-    std::string llama_log_folder =
-        jsonBody.get("llama_log_folder", "log/").asString();
-    log_set_target(llama_log_folder + "llama.log");
+    if (!jsonBody["llama_log_folder"].isNull()) {
+      log_enable();
+      std::string llama_log_folder = jsonBody["llama_log_folder"].asString();
+      log_set_target(llama_log_folder + "llama.log");
+    }    // Set folder for llama log
   }
 #ifdef GGML_USE_CUBLAS
   LOG_INFO << "Setting up GGML CUBLAS PARAMS";
diff --git a/controllers/llamaCPP.h b/controllers/llamaCPP.h
index 5dc693de5..e7e084e7c 100644
--- a/controllers/llamaCPP.h
+++ b/controllers/llamaCPP.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #pragma once
+#define LOG_TARGET stdout
 
 #include "log.h"
 #include "utils/nitro_utils.h"
@@ -2486,7 +2487,7 @@ class llamaCPP : public drogon::HttpController<llamaCPP> {
 public:
   llamaCPP() {
     // Some default values for now below
-    log_enable(); // Disable the log to file feature, reduce bloat for
+    log_disable(); // Disable the log to file feature, reduce bloat for
     // target
     // system ()
     std::vector<std::string> llama_models =