diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index eccc1bb..b87c5af 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ logging.level.org.springframework=ERROR
 logging.level.org.apache=ERROR
 logging.level.org.edgexfoundry=INFO
 #log files are rotated after 10MB by default in Spring boot
-logging.file=/edgex/logs/edgex-core-metadata.log
+logging.file=edgex-core-metadata.log
 #-----------------Remote Logging Config------------------------------------------
 #logging.remote.enable=false
 logging.remote.url=http://localhost:48061/api/v1/logs