diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b06e1fc516a4aba8470555f2e573b6aa56dcb32f..cc6397c315c5f94ccbb4a943ae5a20b33b367a91 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Upcoming version:
 -----------------
+  - fixed some issues with postgresql logs when using NFS for synced folders (Nikolaus Krismer)
   - 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)
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 6dabaf329a4a016516cae38b725278efe22486f0..3bb61ea97ebfce9e71a4b1152dea8ae30373725d 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ else
   vname="isochrone-local"
 end
 
+$db_restart = <<SCRIPT
+  echo Restarting postgresql database...
+  systemctl restart postgresql-9.6
+SCRIPT
+
 Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
   config.vm.boot_timeout = 600
   config.vm.box = vbox
@@ -87,13 +92,17 @@ 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: "postgres", group: "postgres"
+  # settings owner/group to postgres (using uid/gid, since on first provision (before installing postgresql) username is not known and only hard-coding the id works)
+  config.vm.synced_folder "log/postgresql", "/var/log/postgresql", create: true, owner: "26", group: "26"
   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)
   config.vm.provision "shell", keep_color: true, path: "bootstrap/prepareEnvironment.sh", args: ["secretPhdPassword#2014!", (isLocalDeploy ? "true" : "false"), (isJenkinsDeploy ? "true" : "false")]
   config.vm.provision "shell", keep_color: true, path: "bootstrap/createDatabase.sh", args: ["niko", "secretPhdPassword#2014!"]
   config.vm.provision "shell", keep_color: true, path: "bootstrap/importData.sh", args: ["niko", "secretPhdPassword#2014!", (deployAllDatasets ? "true" : "false")]
+  # workaround to allow putting the postgresql log file into synced_folder when using NFS (e.g: when using vagrant-libvirt)
+  # a restart after all NFS shares have been mounted will allow the creation of the log files (when the DB is started before the mounting has been finished, permission will be denied)
+  config.vm.provision "shell", inline: $db_restart, run: "always"
   # Optionally activate database logging (for queryTimeLogging this is done in the testcase itself now)
   #config.vm.provision "shell", path: "bootstrap/activateDatabaseLogging.sh"