diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7460c91..e7a758b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Added
+- Better logdir creation for different workflows.
 
 ## [1.0.22] - 2024-12-31
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/src/rra_tools/jobmon.py b/src/rra_tools/jobmon.py
index a9d899f..cf73b2e 100644
--- a/src/rra_tools/jobmon.py
+++ b/src/rra_tools/jobmon.py
@@ -213,7 +213,10 @@ def make_log_dir(
     output_dir: str | Path,
 ) -> Path:
     run_time = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M_%S")  # noqa: DTZ005
-    log_dir = Path(output_dir) / "zzz_logs" / run_time
+    if "logs" in str(output_dir):
+        log_dir = Path(output_dir) / run_time
+    else:
+        log_dir = Path(output_dir) / "zzz_logs" / run_time
     mkdir(log_dir, parents=True)
     mkdir(log_dir / "output")
     mkdir(log_dir / "error")