diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e8db3ff..ef2848e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ The following code has been tested with Debian 8, it should work on Ubuntu as we
 * `gitea_mailer_from`: Sender mail address
 * `gitea_enable_notify_mail`:  Whether e-mail should be send to watchers of a repository when something happens. Default: `false`
 
+### 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 cefc8e5..bc1af1b 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ 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 552ca0b..ec66b04 100644
--- a/templates/gitea.ini.j2
+++ b/templates/gitea.ini.j2
@@ -186,12 +186,21 @@ 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"
+{% 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      = Info
 REDIRECT_MACARON_LOG = false
+{% endif %}
 
 [oauth2]
 ENABLE = {{ gitea_oauth2_enabled }}