diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8c15c15..0d25f72 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 .DS_Store
 *.pyc
 
-bootstrap/
-shared/
+bootstrap/*
+shared/*
diff --git a/launcher b/launcher
index 4beae74..a233ef8 100755
--- a/launcher
+++ b/launcher
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ set_volumes() {
 
     mounts=(
         $sharedir:/shared
+        $sharedir/logs/var-log:/var/log
         $dockerdir/bootstrap:/bootstrap:ro
         $dockerdir/scripts:/scripts:ro
         $dockerdir/scripts/tmp/check_init_admin.py:$installdir/check_init_admin.py:ro
diff --git a/shared/logs/.gitkeep b/shared/logs/var-log/.gitkeep
similarity index 100%
rename from shared/logs/.gitkeep
rename to shared/logs/var-log/.gitkeep