diff --git a/controllers/static/mariadb/my.cnf.tmpl b/controllers/static/mariadb/my.cnf.tmpl
index 0cc1c937..6beb1195 100644
--- a/controllers/static/mariadb/my.cnf.tmpl
+++ b/controllers/static/mariadb/my.cnf.tmpl
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@ init-file=/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/initfile.sql
 innodb_file_per_table=on
 
 [mariadb]
-general_log
-general_log_file=/var/log/mariadb/mariadb.log
+log_error=/var/log/mariadb/error.log