diff --git a/roles/nginx/server/templates/nginx.conf.j2 b/roles/nginx/server/templates/nginx.conf.j2
index 6e3a539..0baf4e0 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/server/templates/nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/nginx/server/templates/nginx.conf.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 user {{ nginx_user }};
 worker_processes auto;
-error_log {{ nginx_logdir }}/error.log;
+error_log {{ nginx_logdir }}/error.log warn;
 
 events {
     worker_connections 1024;
diff --git a/roles/nginx/site/templates/site.conf.j2 b/roles/nginx/site/templates/site.conf.j2
index daa1bdc..7d83b0a 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/site/templates/site.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/nginx/site/templates/site.conf.j2
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ server {
     server_name {{ site }};
 
     access_log {{ nginx_logdir }}/{{ site }}.access.log combined;
-    error_log {{ nginx_logdir }}/{{ site }}.error.log;
+    error_log {{ nginx_logdir }}/{{ site }}.error.log warn;
 
     add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000" always;