diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7933cdb..53ff183 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 .DS_Store
-app.log
 test/taskchampion.sqlite3
 tasksquire
 test/*.sqlite3*
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index ca1a0ae..e7c5eb1 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ ts.StopTask(&task)
 
 ## Development Notes
 
-- **Logging**: Application logs to `app.log` in current directory
+- **Logging**: Application logs to `/tmp/tasksquire.log`
 - **Virtual Tags**: Filter out Taskwarrior virtual tags (see `virtualTags` map)
 - **Color Parsing**: Custom color parsing from Taskwarrior config format
 - **Debugging**: VSCode launch.json configured for remote debugging on port 43000
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index db25a93..2211a4a 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ The `Task` struct uses custom `MarshalJSON()` and `UnmarshalJSON()` to handle:
 ### Logging
 
 - Uses `log/slog` for structured logging
-- Logs written to `app.log` in current directory
+- Logs written to `/tmp/tasksquire.log`
 - Errors logged but execution typically continues (graceful degradation)
 - Log pattern: `slog.Error("message", "key", value)`
 
diff --git a/GEMINI.md b/GEMINI.md
index 36df356..a86b585 100644
--- a/GEMINI.md
+++ b/GEMINI.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Tasksquire respects your existing Taskwarrior configuration (`.taskrc`). It look
 2.  `$HOME/.taskrc`
 3.  `$HOME/.config/task/taskrc`
 
-Logging is written to `app.log` in the current working directory.
+Logging is written to `/tmp/tasksquire.log`.
 
 ## Development Conventions
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index a456cb5..bccb04c 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func main() {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	common := common.NewCommon(ctx, ts, tws)
 
-	file, err := os.OpenFile("app.log", os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
+	file, err := os.OpenFile("/tmp/tasksquire.log", os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("failed to open log file: %v", err)
 	}