diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/murmur.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/murmur.nix
index 4410c413412b..6b8bd96a4f1b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/murmur.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/murmur.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 let
   cfg = config.services.murmur;
-  forking = cfg.logFile != null;
+  forking = cfg.logToFile;
   configFile = pkgs.writeText "murmurd.ini" ''
     database=${cfg.stateDir}/murmur.sqlite
     dbDriver=QSQLITE
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ let
     autobanTimeframe=${toString cfg.autobanTimeframe}
     autobanTime=${toString cfg.autobanTime}
 
-    logfile=${lib.optionalString (cfg.logFile != null) cfg.logFile}
+    logfile=${lib.optionalString cfg.logToFile "/var/log/murmur/murmurd.log"}
     ${lib.optionalString forking "pidfile=/run/murmur/murmurd.pid"}
 
     welcometext="${cfg.welcometext}"
@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ let
   '';
 in
 {
+
+  imports = [
+    (lib.mkRemovedOptionModule [
+      "services"
+      "murmur"
+      "logfile"
+    ] "This option has been superseded by services.murmur.logToFile")
+  ];
+
   options = {
     services.murmur = {
       enable = lib.mkEnableOption "Mumble server";
@@ -108,12 +117,7 @@ in
         description = "The amount of time an IP ban lasts (in seconds).";
       };
 
-      logFile = lib.mkOption {
-        type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.path;
-        default = null;
-        example = "/var/log/murmur/murmurd.log";
-        description = "Path to the log file for Murmur daemon. Empty means log to journald.";
-      };
+      logToFile = lib.mkEnableOption "logging to a file instead of journald, which is stored in /var/log/murmur";
 
       welcometext = lib.mkOption {
         type = lib.types.str;
@@ -329,6 +333,8 @@ in
         EnvironmentFile = lib.mkIf (cfg.environmentFile != null) cfg.environmentFile;
         ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/bin/mumble-server -ini /run/murmur/murmurd.ini";
         Restart = "always";
+        LogsDirectory = lib.mkIf cfg.logToFile "murmur";
+        LogsDirectoryMode = "0750";
         RuntimeDirectory = "murmur";
         RuntimeDirectoryMode = "0700";
         User = cfg.user;
@@ -406,8 +412,8 @@ in
         r /run/murmur/murmurd.ini,
         r ${configFile},
     ''
-    + lib.optionalString (cfg.logFile != null) ''
-      rw ${cfg.logFile},
+    + lib.optionalString cfg.logToFile ''
+      rw /var/log/murmur/murmurd.log,
     ''
     + lib.optionalString (cfg.sslCert != "") ''
       r ${cfg.sslCert},