diff --git a/srcpkgs/monkey/template b/srcpkgs/monkey/template
index 77ea5de10e8..565f122700e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/monkey/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/monkey/template
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@ pkgname=monkey
 version=1.5.6
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
-makedepends="mbedtls-devel"
 configure_args+="--prefix=/usr --plugdir=/usr/share/monkey/plugins "
 configure_args+="--sysconfdir=/etc/monkey/ --enable-plugins=mbedtls "
 configure_args+="--datadir=/srv/httpd --mandir=/usr/share/man "
-configure_args+="--pidfile=/var/run/monkey.pid"
+configure_args+="--pidfile=/var/run/monkey.pid --logdir=/var/log/monkey "
 short_desc="Cross-arch embeddable lightweight HTTP server"
 maintainer="necrophcodr <necrophcodr@necrophcodr.me>"
 license="APL-2.0"
@@ -16,7 +15,8 @@ distfiles="${homepage}/releases/1.5/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=7c3d845306aa74ee6effd7ab6169d16ac4e6450e564954d0d0baa2d1e9be1a22
 
 make_dirs="
-	/var/www/htdocs 0755 root httpd"
+ /var/log/monkey 0755 root httpd
+ /srv/httpd/htdocs 0755 root httpd"
 
 system_accounts="httpd"
 httpd_descr="Monkey HTTP server"