diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5d7e10f1ecde71b417a14e8b758dbf0fe8de255b..ae73855ad346a997f5a405b24e590824b8fee185 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,10 +40,12 @@ rsync_server_pool_name: pool
 rsync_server_uid: root
 rsync_server_gid: root
 rsync_server_chroot: true
-rsync_server_symlinks: true
+rsync_server_symlinks: false
 rsync_server_list: false
-rsync_server_exclude_compress: "*.gz *.tgz *.zip *.z *.Z *.rpm *.deb *.bz2"
+rsync_server_exclude_compress: "*"
 rsync_server_log_path: /var/log/rsyncd.log
+rsync_server_log_transfer: true
+rsync_server_log_format: "%o %h [%a] %f %'l"
 rsync_server_pid_path: /var/run/rsyncd.pid
 rsync_server_readonly: false
 # rsync_server_timeout: 0  # 0 by default, indicates unlimited.
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ rsync_server_shares: []
 #   path: "{{ rsync_server_pool_name }}/client2"
 #   hosts_allow: client2.cslab.esss.lu.se client_hostname.cslab.esss.lu.se
 
+
 License
 -------
 
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index eaae529bfc88e26dbeb9880ad3ad64553cb41eaf..eb32bfdd7d214fd398795820e642981c59f1cd56 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ rsync_server_pool_name: pool
 rsync_server_uid: root
 rsync_server_gid: root
 rsync_server_chroot: true
-rsync_server_symlinks: true
+rsync_server_symlinks: false
 rsync_server_list: false
-rsync_server_exclude_compress: "*.gz *.tgz *.zip *.z *.Z *.rpm *.deb *.bz2"
+rsync_server_exclude_compress: "*"
 rsync_server_log_path: /var/log/rsyncd.log
+rsync_server_log_transfer: true
+rsync_server_log_format: "%o %h [%a] %f %'l"
 rsync_server_pid_path: /var/run/rsyncd.pid
 rsync_server_readonly: false
 # rsync_server_timeout: 0  # 0 by default, indicates unlimited.
diff --git a/templates/etc-rsyncd-conf.j2 b/templates/etc-rsyncd-conf.j2
index 873e86f5916982f1946f7f148f5f1cc19e971f61..96d25fea76beef933b0ee274ec082d8fd6314c9e 100644
--- a/templates/etc-rsyncd-conf.j2
+++ b/templates/etc-rsyncd-conf.j2
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ uid = {{ rsync_server_uid }}
 gid = {{ rsync_server_gid }}
 use chroot = {{ rsync_server_chroot }}
 log file = {{ rsync_server_log_path }}
+transfer logging = {{ rsync_server_log_transfer }}
+log format = {{ rsync_server_log_format }}
 pid file = {{ rsync_server_pid_path }}
 dont compress = {{ rsync_server_exclude_compress }}
 munge symlinks = {{ rsync_server_symlinks }}
-list = {{ rsync_server_list }}  # If a client can see a list of modules available, default is true
+list = {{ rsync_server_list }}
 read only = {{ rsync_server_readonly }}
 timeout = {{ rsync_server_timeout | default('0') }} 
 max connections = {{ rsync_server_max_connections | default('0') }}