diff --git a/startsway b/startsway
index 5d07c11..ed59a0e 100755
--- a/startsway
+++ b/startsway
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ set -e
 
 # check if $LOG_DIR is set, if it isn’t, provide a default
 if test -z "$LOG_DIR"; then
-  LOG_DIR="$HOME/.var/log"
+  LOG_DIR="$HOME/.var/log/sway"
 fi
 
 # create log directory
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ mv "$LOG_DIR/sway.log" "$LOG_DIR/sway.log.latest"
 date '+%Y-%m-%dT%T %Z' >"$LOG_DIR/sway.log"
 
 # count the number of previous log files
-count=1
-for file in "$LOG_DIR/sway.log.*"; do
+count=0
+for file in "$LOG_DIR"/sway.log.*; do
   count="$(printf "%s+1\n" "$count" | bc)"
 done