diff --git a/config/default.go b/config/default.go
index 04aacf2..461f5c3 100644
--- a/config/default.go
+++ b/config/default.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ path = "%s"
 ext = "txt"
 # Whether to look in sub-folders
 recurse = true
+# Whether to use a dot as a folder separator in log names
+dotFolder = true
 
 # config for output types
 [output]
diff --git a/config/types.go b/config/types.go
index b218509..a3a3681 100644
--- a/config/types.go
+++ b/config/types.go
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ type Config struct {
 }
 
 type Input struct {
-	Path    string `env:"LOG_PATH"`
-	Recurse bool   `env:"LOG_RECURSE"`
-	Ext     string `env:"LOG_EXT"`
+	Path      string `env:"LOG_PATH"`
+	Recurse   bool   `env:"LOG_RECURSE"`
+	Ext       string `env:"LOG_EXT"`
+	DotFolder bool   `env:"LOG_DOT_FOLDER"`
 }
 
 type Outputs map[string]Output
diff --git a/files/append.go b/files/append.go
index 4600f4d..bd9f4ee 100644
--- a/files/append.go
+++ b/files/append.go
@@ -16,7 +16,14 @@ func Append(l models.Log) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	filename := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", strings.ReplaceAll(l.Name, ".", string(os.PathSeparator)), conf.Input.Ext)
+	filename := l.Name
+	if conf.Input.DotFolder {
+		filename = strings.ReplaceAll(filename, ".", string(os.PathSeparator))
+	}
+
+	if conf.Input.Ext != "" {
+		filename = fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", filename, conf.Input.Ext)
+	}
 	path := fp.Join(conf.Input.Path, filename)
 	dir := fp.Dir(path)
 	err = os.MkdirAll(dir, 0750)
diff --git a/files/append_test.go b/files/append_test.go
index da6a5a6..487acfd 100644
--- a/files/append_test.go
+++ b/files/append_test.go
@@ -57,6 +57,66 @@ func (s *AppendTestSuite) TestSuccess() {
 	s.Assert().Contains(st, "\n@bar true")
 }
 
+func (s *AppendTestSuite) TestDotFolder() {
+	config.Overrides["input.dotFolder"] = "true"
+	e := models.Entry{
+		Title: "something",
+		Date:  time.Now(),
+	}
+	l := models.Log{
+		Name:    "sub.test",
+		Entries: []models.Entry{e},
+	}
+	err := Append(l)
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+	s.Require().FileExists(s.dir + "/sub/test.log")
+	by, err := os.ReadFile(s.dir + "/sub/test.log")
+	st := string(by)
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+	s.Assert().Contains(st, "something @end")
+}
+
+func (s *AppendTestSuite) TestDotFolderNo() {
+	config.Overrides["input.dotFolder"] = "false"
+	e := models.Entry{
+		Title: "another",
+		Date:  time.Now(),
+	}
+	l := models.Log{
+		Name:    "sub.test",
+		Entries: []models.Entry{e},
+	}
+	err := Append(l)
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+	s.Require().FileExists(s.dir + "/sub.test.log")
+	by, err := os.ReadFile(s.dir + "/sub.test.log")
+	st := string(by)
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+	s.Assert().Contains(st, "another @end")
+}
+
+func (s *AppendTestSuite) TestNoExt() {
+	config.Overrides["input.ext"] = ""
+	defer func() {
+		config.Overrides["input.ext"] = "log"
+	}()
+	e := models.Entry{
+		Title: "baz",
+		Date:  time.Now(),
+	}
+	l := models.Log{
+		Name:    "foobar",
+		Entries: []models.Entry{e},
+	}
+	err := Append(l)
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+	s.Require().FileExists(s.dir + "/foobar")
+	by, err := os.ReadFile(s.dir + "/foobar")
+	st := string(by)
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+	s.Assert().Contains(st, "baz @end")
+}
+
 func (s *AppendTestSuite) TestConfLoadErr() {
 	currConf := config.ConfigPath
 	tmp, _ := os.CreateTemp("", "app-conf-*.toml")