diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6c04147d..a4ce2d37 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ example/*
 !example/makefile
 !example/makefile.clang
 
-
+*.log
diff --git a/example/bench.cpp b/example/bench.cpp
index b2f41b12..84c8fbce 100644
--- a/example/bench.cpp
+++ b/example/bench.cpp
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         cout << "Single thread, " << format(howmany)  << " iterations, auto flush=" << auto_flush << endl;
         cout << "*******************************************************************************\n";
 
-        auto rotating_st = spdlog::rotating_logger_st("rotating_st", "logs/rotating_st", file_size, rotating_files, auto_flush);
+        auto rotating_st = spdlog::rotating_logger_st("rotating_st", "rotating_st.log", file_size, rotating_files, auto_flush);
         bench(howmany, rotating_st);
-        auto daily_st = spdlog::daily_logger_st("daily_st", "logs/daily_st", auto_flush);
+        auto daily_st = spdlog::daily_logger_st("daily_st", "daily_st.log", auto_flush);
         bench(howmany, daily_st);
         bench(howmany, spdlog::create<null_sink_st>("null_st"));
 
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         cout << threads << " threads sharing same logger, " << format(howmany)  << " iterations, auto_flush=" << auto_flush << endl;
         cout << "*******************************************************************************\n";
 
-        auto rotating_mt = spdlog::rotating_logger_mt("rotating_mt", "logs/rotating_mt", file_size, rotating_files, auto_flush);
+        auto rotating_mt = spdlog::rotating_logger_mt("rotating_mt", "rotating_mt.log", file_size, rotating_files, auto_flush);
         bench_mt(howmany, rotating_mt, threads);
 
 
-        auto daily_mt = spdlog::daily_logger_mt("daily_mt", "logs/daily_mt", auto_flush);
+        auto daily_mt = spdlog::daily_logger_mt("daily_mt", "daily_mt.log", auto_flush);
         bench_mt(howmany, daily_mt, threads);
         bench(howmany, spdlog::create<null_sink_st>("null_mt"));
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
         for(int i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
         {
-            auto as = spdlog::daily_logger_st("as", "logs/daily_async", auto_flush);
+            auto as = spdlog::daily_logger_st("as", "daily_async.log", auto_flush);
             bench_mt(howmany, as, threads);
             spdlog::drop("as");
         }
diff --git a/example/example.cpp b/example/example.cpp
index 312ee57f..9a4f2897 100644
--- a/example/example.cpp
+++ b/example/example.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ int main(int, char* [])
         console->info("{:^30}", "centered");
 
         // Create a file rotating logger with 5mb size max and 3 rotated files
-        auto file_logger = spd::rotating_logger_mt("file_logger", "logs/mylogfile", 1048576 * 5, 3);
+        auto file_logger = spd::rotating_logger_mt("file_logger", "mylogfile.log", 1048576 * 5, 3);
         file_logger->set_level(spd::level::info);
         for(int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
             file_logger->info("{} * {} equals {:>10}", i, i, i*i);
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ int main(int, char* [])
         // Just call spdlog::set_async_mode(q_size) and all created loggers from now on will be asynchronous..
         size_t q_size = 1048576; //queue size must be power of 2
         spdlog::set_async_mode(q_size);
-        auto async_file= spd::daily_logger_st("async_file_logger", "logs/async_log.txt");
+        auto async_file= spd::daily_logger_st("async_file_logger", "async_log.log");
         async_file->info() << "This is async log.." << "Should be very fast!";
 
         // syslog example. linux only..
diff --git a/example/logs/.gitignore b/example/logs/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e7d2734..00000000
--- a/example/logs/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Ignore everything in this directory
-*
-# Except this file
-!.gitignore