diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/AuthFilter.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/AuthFilter.java
index a2cf3082ae7..c93a1496c17 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/AuthFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/AuthFilter.java
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) throws ServletException {
         logger.info(AuthFilter.class.getName() + "initialized. filterConfig.getServletContext().getServerInfo(): " + filterConfig.getServletContext().getServerInfo());
 
         try {
-            String glassfishLogsDirectory = "logs";
-
-            FileHandler logFile = new FileHandler(".." + File.separator + glassfishLogsDirectory + File.separator + "authfilter.log");
+            FileHandler logFile = new FileHandler( System.getProperty("com.sun.aas.instanceRoot") + File.separator + "logs" + File.separator + "authfilter.log");
             SimpleFormatter formatterTxt = new SimpleFormatter();
             logFile.setFormatter(formatterTxt);
             logger.addHandler(logFile);
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/harvest/client/HarvesterServiceBean.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/harvest/client/HarvesterServiceBean.java
index 20884e3360c..e0b5c2dfbfb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/harvest/client/HarvesterServiceBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/harvest/client/HarvesterServiceBean.java
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ public class HarvesterServiceBean {
     public static final String HARVEST_RESULT_FAILED="failed";
     public static final String DATAVERSE_PROPRIETARY_METADATA_FORMAT="dataverse_json";
     public static final String DATAVERSE_PROPRIETARY_METADATA_API="/api/datasets/export?exporter="+DATAVERSE_PROPRIETARY_METADATA_FORMAT+"&persistentId=";
-    public static final String DATAVERSE_HARVEST_STOP_FILE="../logs/stopharvest_";
 
     public HarvesterServiceBean() {
 
@@ -399,7 +398,7 @@ private void deleteHarvestedDatasetIfExists(String persistentIdentifier, Dataver
     
     private boolean checkIfStoppingJob(HarvestingClient harvestingClient) {
         Long pid = ProcessHandle.current().pid();
-        String stopFileName = DATAVERSE_HARVEST_STOP_FILE + harvestingClient.getName() + "." + pid; 
+        String stopFileName = System.getProperty("com.sun.aas.instanceRoot") + File.separator + "logs" + File.separator + "stopharvest_" + harvestingClient.getName() + "." + pid; 
         Path stopFilePath = Paths.get(stopFileName);
         
         if (Files.exists(stopFilePath)) {