diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4286330..5567511 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ The following code has been tested with Debian 8, it should work on Ubuntu as we
 * `gitea_autowatch_on_change`: Enable this to make users watch a repository after their first commit to it (Default: `true`)
 * `gitea_show_mailstones_dashboard`: Enable this to show the milestones dashboard page - a view of all the user’s milestones (Default: `true`)
 
+### Log configuration
+* `gitea_log_systemd` Disable logging into `file`, use systemd-journald
+* `gitea_log_only_warning` Log only warnings or above, no http access or sql logging (Default: `true`)
+
 ### Fail2Ban configuration
 
 If enabled, this will deploy a fail2ban filter and jail config for Gitea as described in the [Gitea Documentation](https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/fail2ban-setup/).
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index c35b4d9..7757cb4 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ gitea_mailer_user: ""
 gitea_mailer_password: ""
 gitea_mailer_type: smtp
 
+gitea_log_systemd: false
+gitea_log_only_warning: true
+
 gitea_fail2ban_enabled: false
 gitea_fail2ban_jail_maxretry: 10
 gitea_fail2ban_jail_findtime: 3600
diff --git a/templates/gitea.ini.j2 b/templates/gitea.ini.j2
index a10939d..2146923 100644
--- a/templates/gitea.ini.j2
+++ b/templates/gitea.ini.j2
@@ -188,12 +188,21 @@ PATH    = {{ gitea_home }}/data/attachments
 ROOT_PATH            = {{ gitea_home }}/log
 ; Either "console", "file", "conn", "smtp" or "database", default is "console"
 ; Use comma to separate multiple modes, e.g. "console, file"
-MODE                 = file
+{% if gitea_log_systemd %}
+MODE       = console
+{% else %}
+MODE       = file
+{% endif %}
 ; Buffer length of the channel, keep it as it is if you don't know what it is.
 BUFFER_LEN           = 10000
 ; Either "Trace", "Debug", "Info", "Warn", "Error", "Critical", default is "Trace"
+{% if gitea_log_only_warning %}
+LEVEL      = Warn
+REDIRECT_MACARON_LOG = true
+{% else %}
 LEVEL                = {{ gitea_log_level }}
 REDIRECT_MACARON_LOG = false
+{% endif %}
 
 [oauth2]
 ENABLE     = {{ gitea_oauth2_enabled }}