diff --git a/avc-phone.service b/avc-phone.service
index ada446d..14e8caa 100644
--- a/avc-phone.service
+++ b/avc-phone.service
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ ExecStart=/home/tocmo0nlord/avc-phone/run.sh
 # A phone line should always come back up.
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=5
+# Keep logging to the file the tooling reads (scripts/score_calls.py, transcript
+# extraction) — under systemd stdout/stderr would otherwise go only to the journal.
+StandardOutput=append:/home/tocmo0nlord/avc-phone/avc_run.log
+StandardError=append:/home/tocmo0nlord/avc-phone/avc_run.log
 # Give model loads time before a failed start counts against the restart limit.
 TimeoutStartSec=120