diff --git a/bench/config/templates/nginx.conf b/bench/config/templates/nginx.conf
index 4af72ab4..666af1bf 100644
--- a/bench/config/templates/nginx.conf
+++ b/bench/config/templates/nginx.conf
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ server {
 
 	{% endfor -%}
 
+	# logs in var
+	access_log  /var/log/nginx/{{ site_name }}_access.log  main;
+	error_log  /var/log/nginx/{{ site_name }}_error.log;
+
+	
 	# optimizations
 	sendfile on;
 	keepalive_timeout 15;
diff --git a/bench/playbooks/roles/fail2ban/defaults/main.yml b/bench/playbooks/roles/fail2ban/defaults/main.yml
index 5aae2800..81019070 100644
--- a/bench/playbooks/roles/fail2ban/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/bench/playbooks/roles/fail2ban/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-fail2ban_nginx_access_log: /var/log/nginx/access.log
+fail2ban_nginx_access_log: /var/log/nginx/*access.log
 maxretry: 6
 bantime: 600
-findtime: 600
\ No newline at end of file
+findtime: 600
diff --git a/bench/playbooks/roles/fail2ban/tasks/configure_nginx_jail.yml b/bench/playbooks/roles/fail2ban/tasks/configure_nginx_jail.yml
index 4d2ede07..b9ced995 100644
--- a/bench/playbooks/roles/fail2ban/tasks/configure_nginx_jail.yml
+++ b/bench/playbooks/roles/fail2ban/tasks/configure_nginx_jail.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
   vars_files:
     - ../defaults/main.yml
   tasks:
+ 
+    - name: Setup filter
+      template: src="../templates/nginx-proxy-filter.conf.j2" dest="/etc/fail2ban/filter.d/nginx-proxy.conf"
     - name: Setup jail
       template: src="../templates/nginx-proxy-jail.conf.j2" dest="/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/nginx-proxy.conf"
     - name: restart service
-      service: name=fail2ban state=restarted
\ No newline at end of file
+      service: name=fail2ban state=restarted