function [] = initializeLoggingConfiguration(args)

  arguments
    args.log      char   {mustBeMember(args.log,{'none', 'all', 'forces'})} = 'none'
    args.Ts (1,1) double {mustBeNumeric, mustBePositive} = 1e-3
  end

  conf_log = struct();

  switch args.log
    case 'none'
      conf_log.type = 0;
    case 'all'
      conf_log.type = 1;
    case 'forces'
      conf_log.type = 2;
  end

  conf_log.Ts = args.Ts;

if exist('./mat', 'dir')
    if exist('./mat/conf_log.mat', 'file')
        save('mat/conf_log.mat', 'conf_log', '-append');
    else
        save('mat/conf_log.mat', 'conf_log');
    end
elseif exist('./matlab', 'dir')
    if exist('./matlab/mat/conf_log.mat', 'file')
        save('matlab/mat/conf_log.mat', 'conf_log', '-append');
    else
        save('matlab/mat/conf_log.mat', 'conf_log');
    end
end