diff --git a/packages/core/src/Site/SiteGenerationManager.ts b/packages/core/src/Site/SiteGenerationManager.ts
index a37164bb03..a01fcb1b05 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/Site/SiteGenerationManager.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/Site/SiteGenerationManager.ts
@@ -881,12 +881,14 @@ export class SiteGenerationManager {
     try {
       const { createIndex, close } = pagefind;
 
+      const logsPath = path.join(this.rootPath, '_markbind', 'logs');
+      await fs.ensureDir(logsPath);
       const pagefindConfig = this.siteConfig.pagefind || {};
 
       const createIndexOptions: Record<string, unknown> = {
         keepIndexUrl: true,
         verbose: true,
-        logfile: 'debug.log',
+        logfile: path.join(logsPath, 'pagefind.log'),
       };
 
       if (pagefindConfig.exclude_selectors) {
diff --git a/packages/core/test/unit/Site/SiteGenerationManager.test.ts b/packages/core/test/unit/Site/SiteGenerationManager.test.ts
index 20e8ae1ef1..1f4ede8491 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/unit/Site/SiteGenerationManager.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/unit/Site/SiteGenerationManager.test.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ describe('SiteGenerationManager', () => {
       expect(pagefindSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
         keepIndexUrl: true,
         verbose: true,
-        logfile: 'debug.log',
+        logfile: path.join(rootPath, '_markbind', 'logs', 'pagefind.log'),
       });
 
       pagefindSpy.mockRestore();
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ describe('SiteGenerationManager', () => {
       expect(pagefindSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
         keepIndexUrl: true,
         verbose: true,
-        logfile: 'debug.log',
+        logfile: path.join(rootPath, '_markbind', 'logs', 'pagefind.log'),
         excludeSelectors: ['.no-index', '#sidebar'],
       });