diff --git a/include/log.hpp b/include/log.hpp
index f77d541..6955cdf 100644
--- a/include/log.hpp
+++ b/include/log.hpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #ifdef log
 #include <zlib.h>
 
+#define LOG_FILE_LOCATION "linuxSmartie.log.gz"
+
 #include <chrono>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <print>
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ inline void _log(LOG level, std::string_view tag, std::format_string<Args...> st
         std::format_to(std::back_inserter(msg), str, std::forward<Args>(args)...);                  // actual log message
         
         std::scoped_lock lock (fmtx);
-        gzFile file = gzopen("linuxSmartie.log.gz", "ab");
+        gzFile file = gzopen(LOG_FILE_LOCATION, "ab");
         if (file) {
             gzprintf(file, "%s\n", msg.c_str());
             gzclose(file);