diff --git a/examples/nginx.conf b/examples/nginx.conf
index 4b16be18..02a427b5 100644
--- a/examples/nginx.conf
+++ b/examples/nginx.conf
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ worker_processes 1;
 
 user nobody nogroup;
 # 'user nobody nobody;' for systems with 'nobody' as a group instead
-pid /tmp/nginx.pid;
-error_log /tmp/nginx.error.log;
-# error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;    # Ubuntu 16.04 + 1.14
-# pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;               # Ubuntu 16.04 + 1.14
+error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;    # Ubuntu 16.04 + Nginx 1.14
+pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;               # Ubuntu 16.04 + Nginx 1.14
+
+# On some systems, these settings are preferred
+# pid /tmp/nginx.pid;
+# error_log /tmp/nginx.error.log;
 
 
 events {
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ http {
   include mime.types;
   # fallback in case we can't determine a type
   default_type application/octet-stream;
-  access_log /tmp/nginx.access.log combined;
+  access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log combined;
   sendfile on;
 
   upstream app_server {