diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index 93b3a165..2481b758 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ services:
     image: ${IMAGE:-quay.io/konveyor/kai}:${TAG:-stable}
     volumes:
       - ${PWD}:/podman_compose:rw,z
+      - ${PWD}/logs:/podman_compose/logs:rw,z,U
     ports:
       - "8080:8080"
     depends_on:
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ services:
     image: ${IMAGE:-quay.io/konveyor/kai}:${TAG:-stable}
     volumes:
       - ${PWD}:/podman_compose:rw,z
+      - ${PWD}/logs:/podman_compose/logs:rw,z,U
     depends_on:
       - kai_db
     profiles:
diff --git a/logs/.gitignore b/logs/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a94ef94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logs/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#Allow us to commit the directory but ignore everything in it.
+*
+!.gitignore