diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c977cac4c934fc44c454098b7bf2496c36cb3871..b06e1fc516a4aba8470555f2e573b6aa56dcb32f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Upcoming version:
 -----------------
+  - using owner/group name for postgresql logs (Nikolaus Krismer)
   - changed hostname retrieval function (Nikolaus Krismer)
   - choosing vagrant provider depending on host (in gradle; not only in vagrantfile) (Nikolaus Krismer)
   - not validating vagrant installation in gradle anymore (Nikolaus Krismer)
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 75bc1dd2225fe9c09f89077aec53d641fcca017a..6dabaf329a4a016516cae38b725278efe22486f0 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
   config.vm.synced_folder "conf", "/setup/conf"
   config.vm.synced_folder "data", "/opt/data", create: true
   config.vm.synced_folder "img", "/setup/img"
-  config.vm.synced_folder "log/postgresql", "/var/log/postgresql", create: true, owner: 26, group: 26
+  config.vm.synced_folder "log/postgresql", "/var/log/postgresql", create: true, owner: "postgres", group: "postgres"
   config.vm.synced_folder "log/bootstrap", "/var/log/vagrant_bootstrap", create: true, owner: "vagrant", group: "vagrant"
 
   # Setup environment on startup (done using a shell script)