diff --git a/src/main/java/net/limework/automaticlogdeleter/AutomaticLogDeleter.java b/src/main/java/net/limework/automaticlogdeleter/AutomaticLogDeleter.java
index be6915a..73c569a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/limework/automaticlogdeleter/AutomaticLogDeleter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/limework/automaticlogdeleter/AutomaticLogDeleter.java
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ public class AutomaticLogDeleter extends JavaPlugin {
                 fileName = file.getName();
 
                 //if file is not a log file
-                if (!fileName.endsWith(".log") && !fileName.endsWith(".log.gz")) {
+                //using contains to make it more likely to catch different types of logging systems
+                if (!fileName.contains(".log")) {
                     continue;
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config.yml b/src/main/resources/config.yml
index baf0b70..d652eae 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/config.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,9 @@ delete-logs-older-than-seconds: 86400
 #default value: false
 
 also-delete-logs-on-shutdown: false
+
+#list of directories to check for logs
+#note it will only delete files that contain ".log" in their name for safety reasons
+#not yet implemented
+check-directories-for-logs:
+  - "logs"