diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f24e49..57340d6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ Available variables:
 | `schedule_month`   |           no (`*`)            | Month when the job is run. ( 1-12, *, */2, etc )  |
 | `exclude`          |           no (`{}`)           | Allows you to specify files to exclude. See [Exclude](#exclude) for reference. |
 | `disable_logging`  |           no                  | Optionally disable logging  |
+| `log_to_journald`  |           no                  | Optionally switch logging to journald with the name of the backup job as the tag |
 | `mail_on_error`    |           no                  | Optionally send a mail if the backupjob will fail *(mailx is required)* |
 | `mail_address`     |  if `mail_on_error` is true   | The mail addressto recive mails if you enabled ``mail_on_error``. |
 
diff --git a/templates/restic_script_Linux.j2 b/templates/restic_script_Linux.j2
index f1ab0c3..93206db 100644
--- a/templates/restic_script_Linux.j2
+++ b/templates/restic_script_Linux.j2
@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@
 {% set backup_result_log, backup_output_log = "/dev/null", "/dev/null" %}
 {% set forget_result_log, forget_output_log = "/dev/null", "/dev/null" %}
 {% else %}
-{% set backup_result_log, backup_output_log = restic_log_dir + "/" + item.name + "-backup-result.log", restic_log_dir + "/" + item.name + "-backup-output.log" %}
-{% set forget_result_log, forget_output_log = restic_log_dir + "/" + item.name + "-forget-result.log", restic_log_dir + "/" + item.name + "-forget-output.log" %}
+{% if (item.log_to_journald is defined and item.log_to_journald) %}
+{% set backup_result_log, backup_output_log = "| systemd-cat -t " + item.name, "| systemd-cat -t " + item.name %}
+{% set forget_result_log, forget_output_log = "| systemd-cat -t " + item.name, "| systemd-cat -t " + item.name %}
+{% else %}
+{% set backup_result_log, backup_output_log = ">> " + restic_log_dir + "/" + item.name + "-backup-result.log", "| tee " + restic_log_dir + "/" + item.name + "-backup-output.log" %}
+{% set forget_result_log, forget_output_log = ">> " + restic_log_dir + "/" + item.name + "-forget-result.log", "| tee " + restic_log_dir + "/" + item.name + "-forget-output.log" %}
+{% endif %}
 {% endif %}
 
 export RESTIC_REPOSITORY={{ restic_repos[item.repo].location }}
@@ -125,12 +130,12 @@ fi
     {{ tags(item.tags) }} \
     {% if item.exclude is defined %}{{ exclude(item.exclude) }}{% endif %} \
     $@ \
-{% endif %} | tee {{ backup_output_log }}
+{% endif %} {{ backup_output_log }}
 if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]
 then
-    echo "$(date -u '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') OK" >> {{ backup_result_log }}
+    echo "$(date -u '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') OK" {{ backup_result_log }}
 else
-    echo "$(date -u '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') ERROR" >> {{ backup_result_log }}
+    echo "$(date -u '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') ERROR" {{ backup_result_log }}
 fi
 
 
@@ -138,12 +143,12 @@ fi
 {#
   Define stdin forget commands
 #}
-{{ restic_install_path }}/restic forget --path {{ path(item) }} {{ retention_pattern(item) }} {% if item.prune is defined and item.prune == true %}--prune{% endif %} | tee {{ forget_output_log }}
+{{ restic_install_path }}/restic forget --path {{ path(item) }} {{ retention_pattern(item) }} {% if item.prune is defined and item.prune == true %}--prune{% endif %} {{ forget_output_log }}
 if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]
 then
-    echo "$(date -u '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') OK" >> {{ forget_result_log }}
+    echo "$(date -u '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') OK" {{ forget_result_log }}
 else
-    echo "$(date -u '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') ERROR" >> {{ forget_result_log }}
+    echo "$(date -u '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') ERROR" {{ forget_result_log }}
     {% if item.mail_on_error is defined and item.mail_on_error == true %}
     mail -s "restic backup failed on {{ ansible_hostname }}" {{ item.mail_address }}  <<< "Something went wrong while running restic backup script running at {{ ansible_hostname }} at $(date -u '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S').
       {%- if item.src is defined -%}