diff --git a/eo/contrib/irace/irace-config/target-runner b/eo/contrib/irace/irace-config/target-runner
index 9ca4f824a..6d6e39dd7 100755
--- a/eo/contrib/irace/irace-config/target-runner
+++ b/eo/contrib/irace/irace-config/target-runner
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ error() {
 
 
 EXE="./fastga"
+LOG_DIR="irace_logs"
 
 FIXED_PARAMS="--problem=0"
 
@@ -41,8 +42,8 @@ shift 11 || error "Not enough parameters"
 
 INSTANCE_PARAMS=$*
 
-# STDOUT=c${CONFIG_ID}_i${INSTANCE_ID}_s${SEED}.stdout
-# STDERR=c${CONFIG_ID}_i${INSTANCE_ID}_s${SEED}.stderr
+# STDOUT=${LOG_DIR}/c${CONFIG_ID}_i${INSTANCE_ID}_s${SEED}.stdout
+# STDERR=${LOG_DIR}/c${CONFIG_ID}_i${INSTANCE_ID}_s${SEED}.stderr
 STDOUT="/dev/null"
 STDERR="/dev/null"
 
diff --git a/eo/contrib/irace/run_irace.sh b/eo/contrib/irace/run_irace.sh
index 1f852b7f9..17c79e88d 100755
--- a/eo/contrib/irace/run_irace.sh
+++ b/eo/contrib/irace/run_irace.sh
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ cp ../irace-config/default.instances .
 
 # Generate the parameter list file.
 ./fastga -h > fastga.param 2>/dev/null
-/usr/lib/R/site-library/irace/bin/irace --scenario example.scen
+/usr/lib/R/site-library/irace/bin/irace --scenario example.scen 2>&1 | tee irace.log