diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ae1de8a..ab04600 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [v4.1.0-pre] - Unreleased
-
+## [Unreleased]
+### Changed
+- Rename event.log as events.log to maintain consistency with MOTHv3
 
 ## [v4.0.2] - 2020-10-29
 ### Added
diff --git a/cmd/mothd/state.go b/cmd/mothd/state.go
index c861f00..38d3c7e 100644
--- a/cmd/mothd/state.go
+++ b/cmd/mothd/state.go
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ func (s *State) reopenEventLog() error {
 			log.Print(err)
 		}
 	}
-	eventWriter, err := s.OpenFile("event.log", os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
+	eventWriter, err := s.OpenFile("events.log", os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/mothd/state_test.go b/cmd/mothd/state_test.go
index 621df07..f6635fa 100644
--- a/cmd/mothd/state_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mothd/state_test.go
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ func TestStateMaintainer(t *testing.T) {
 
 	time.Sleep(updateInterval)
 
-	eventLog, err := afero.ReadFile(s.Fs, "event.log")
+	eventLog, err := afero.ReadFile(s.Fs, "events.log")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	} else if events := strings.Split(string(eventLog), "\n"); len(events) != 3 {