diff --git a/atom/app/atom_main_delegate.cc b/atom/app/atom_main_delegate.cc
index 518ca75c9320..05351e0bc1b2 100644
--- a/atom/app/atom_main_delegate.cc
+++ b/atom/app/atom_main_delegate.cc
@@ -138,7 +138,10 @@ bool AtomMainDelegate::BasicStartupComplete(int* exit_code) {
 #if defined(DEBUG)
   // Print logging to debug.log on Windows
   settings.logging_dest = logging::LOG_TO_ALL;
-  settings.log_file = L"debug.log";
+  base::FilePath log_filename;
+  base::PathService::Get(base::DIR_EXE, &log_filename);
+  log_filename = log_filename.AppendASCII("debug.log");
+  settings.log_file = log_filename.value().c_str();
   settings.lock_log = logging::LOCK_LOG_FILE;
   settings.delete_old = logging::DELETE_OLD_LOG_FILE;
 #else