diff --git a/seaweb.py b/seaweb.py
index c086175..a28d773 100755
--- a/seaweb.py
+++ b/seaweb.py
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
             instrument_list = json.load(f)
 
         instrument_config = instrument_list[inst_name]
-    logging.basicConfig(filename=inst_name+".log", filemode='w', level=logging.INFO, format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s')
+    logging.basicConfig(filename='log/%s.log' % inst_name, filemode='w', level=logging.INFO, format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s')
     
     # sys.stdout = Logger(instrument_config.get('logger_dir', '.') + '/seaweb_stdout.txt')
     # print '-' * 80