diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 16597177..95b4e69b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -59,3 +59,4 @@ HOWTO-web2py-devel
 *.sublime-workspace
 .idea/*
 site-packages/
+logs/
diff --git a/gluon/widget.py b/gluon/widget.py
index 64720bba..0a28fe37 100644
--- a/gluon/widget.py
+++ b/gluon/widget.py
@@ -1117,11 +1117,11 @@ def start(cron=True):
             if hasattr(options, key):
                 setattr(options, key, getattr(options2, key))
 
-    logfile0 = os.path.join('extras', 'examples', 'logging.example.conf')
+    logfile0 = os.path.join('examples', 'logging.example.conf')
     if not os.path.exists('logging.conf') and os.path.exists(logfile0):
         import shutil
         sys.stdout.write("Copying logging.conf.example to logging.conf ... ")
-        shutil.copyfile('logging.example.conf', logfile0)
+        shutil.copyfile(logfile0, 'logging.conf')
         sys.stdout.write("OK\n")
 
     # ## if -T run doctests (no cron)