diff --git a/nni/tools/nnictl/nnictl_utils.py b/nni/tools/nnictl/nnictl_utils.py
index 23a121e83f..6901ef95bb 100644
--- a/nni/tools/nnictl/nnictl_utils.py
+++ b/nni/tools/nnictl/nnictl_utils.py
@@ -345,9 +345,9 @@ def log_internal(args, filetype):
     '''internal function to call get_log_content'''
     file_name = get_config_filename(args)
     if filetype == 'stdout':
-        file_full_path = os.path.join(NNICTL_HOME_DIR, file_name, 'stdout')
+        file_full_path = os.path.join(NNICTL_HOME_DIR, file_name, 'log', 'nnictl_stdout.log')
     else:
-        file_full_path = os.path.join(NNICTL_HOME_DIR, file_name, 'stderr')
+        file_full_path = os.path.join(NNICTL_HOME_DIR, file_name, 'log', 'nnictl_stderr.log')
     print(check_output_command(file_full_path, head=args.head, tail=args.tail))
 
 def log_stdout(args):
@@ -854,8 +854,9 @@ def save_experiment(args):
     except IOError:
         print_error('Write file to %s failed!' % os.path.join(temp_nnictl_dir, '.experiment'))
         exit(1)
-    nnictl_config_dir = os.path.join(NNICTL_HOME_DIR, args.id)
-    shutil.copytree(nnictl_config_dir, os.path.join(temp_nnictl_dir, args.id))
+    nnictl_log_dir = os.path.join(NNICTL_HOME_DIR, args.id, 'log')
+    shutil.copytree(nnictl_log_dir, os.path.join(temp_nnictl_dir, args.id, 'log'))
+    shutil.copy(os.path.join(NNICTL_HOME_DIR, args.id, '.config'), os.path.join(temp_nnictl_dir, args.id, '.config'))
 
     # Step3. Copy code dir
     if args.saveCodeDir: