diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 096f2fd15..c5dd4628e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 target
 .env
-attractor-run-*
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8f263e7d3..9479b1a5b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
  "dialoguer",
+ "dirs",
  "dotenvy",
  "futures",
  "http-body-util",
@@ -544,6 +545,27 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6184e33543162437515c2e2b48714794e37845ec9851711914eec9d308f6ebe8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs"
+version = "6.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c3e8aa94d75141228480295a7d0e7feb620b1a5ad9f12bc40be62411e38cce4e"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs-sys"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e01a3366d27ee9890022452ee61b2b63a67e6f13f58900b651ff5665f0bb1fab"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "option-ext",
+ "redox_users",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "displaydoc"
 version = "0.2.5"
@@ -1525,6 +1547,12 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7c87def4c32ab89d880effc9e097653c8da5d6ef28e6b539d313baaacfbafcbe"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "option-ext"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "04744f49eae99ab78e0d5c0b603ab218f515ea8cfe5a456d7629ad883a3b6e7d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "outref"
 version = "0.5.2"
@@ -1798,6 +1826,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_users"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a4e608c6638b9c18977b00b475ac1f28d14e84b27d8d42f70e0bf1e3dec127ac"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.2.17",
+ "libredox",
+ "thiserror 2.0.18",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ref-cast"
 version = "1.0.25"
diff --git a/crates/attractor/Cargo.toml b/crates/attractor/Cargo.toml
index 7dc900ee1..6600b9ebb 100644
--- a/crates/attractor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/attractor/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ async-trait.workspace = true
 futures.workspace = true
 chrono = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 nom = "7"
+dirs = "6"
 dialoguer.workspace = true
 axum = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
 tower = { version = "0.5", optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/attractor/src/cli/run.rs b/crates/attractor/src/cli/run.rs
index 254c1aca4..31c7e3c85 100644
--- a/crates/attractor/src/cli/run.rs
+++ b/crates/attractor/src/cli/run.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::time::Instant;
 
@@ -60,7 +59,11 @@ pub async fn run_command(args: RunArgs, styles: &'static Styles) -> anyhow::Resu
 
     // 2. Create logs directory
     let logs_dir = args.logs_dir.unwrap_or_else(|| {
-        PathBuf::from(format!(
+        let base = dirs::home_dir()
+            .expect("could not determine home directory")
+            .join(".attractor")
+            .join("logs");
+        base.join(format!(
             "attractor-run-{}",
             Local::now().format("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S")
         ))