diff --git a/applications/tari_stratum_transcoder/src/proxy.rs b/applications/tari_stratum_transcoder/src/proxy.rs
index 9bdc3b3541..6e5d508a53 100644
--- a/applications/tari_stratum_transcoder/src/proxy.rs
+++ b/applications/tari_stratum_transcoder/src/proxy.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ use tari_core::blocks::{Block, NewBlockTemplate};
 use tari_utilities::{hex::Hex, message_format::MessageFormat};
 use tracing::{debug, error};
 
-const LOG_TARGET: &str = "tari_stratum_proxy::proxy";
+const LOG_TARGET: &str = "tari_stratum_transcoder::transcoder";
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct StratumTranscoderProxyConfig {
diff --git a/common/logging/log4rs_sample_transcoder.yml b/common/logging/log4rs_sample_transcoder.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70a4189b3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/logging/log4rs_sample_transcoder.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# A sample log configuration file for running in release mode. By default, this configuration splits up log messages to
+# three destinations:
+#    * Console: For log messages with level INFO and higher
+#    * log/transcoder/transcoder.log: All transcoder logs will be written to this file
+#
+#  See https://docs.rs/log4rs/0.8.3/log4rs/encode/pattern/index.html for deciphering the log pattern. The log format
+#  used in this sample configuration prints messages as:
+#  timestamp [target] LEVEL message
+refresh_rate: 30 seconds
+appenders:
+  # An appender named "transcoder" that writes to a file with a custom pattern encoder
+  transcoder:
+    kind: rolling_file
+    path: "log/transcoder/transcoder.log"
+    policy:
+      kind: compound
+      trigger:
+        kind: size
+        limit: 200mb
+      roller:
+        kind: fixed_window
+        base: 1
+        count: 50
+        pattern: "log/transcoder/transcoder.{}.log"
+    encoder:
+      pattern: "{d(%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f)} [{t}] {l:5} {m}{n}"
+
+# root (to transcoder)
+root:
+  level: debug
+  appenders:
+    - transcoder
+
+loggers:
+  h2:
+    level: info
+    appenders:
+      - transcoder
+    additive: false
+  hyper:
+    level: info
+    appenders:
+      - transcoder
+    additive: false
diff --git a/common/src/logging.rs b/common/src/logging.rs
index 6e8e9f288b..15e4598f5d 100644
--- a/common/src/logging.rs
+++ b/common/src/logging.rs
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ pub fn install_default_merge_mining_proxy_logfile_config(path: &Path) -> Result<
     file.write_all(source.as_ref())
 }
 
-/// Installs a new default logfile configuration, copied from `log4rs_sample_proxy.yml` to the given path.
+/// Installs a new default logfile configuration, copied from `log4rs_sample_transcoder.yml` to the given path.
 pub fn install_default_stratum_transcoder_logfile_config(path: &Path) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
-    let source = include_str!("../logging/log4rs_sample_proxy.yml");
+    let source = include_str!("../logging/log4rs_sample_transcoder.yml");
     if let Some(d) = path.parent() {
         fs::create_dir_all(d)?
     };