diff --git a/common/src/aaredaqlib/logger_config.py b/common/src/aaredaqlib/logger_config.py
index 353dcc0a..13d16796 100644
--- a/common/src/aaredaqlib/logger_config.py
+++ b/common/src/aaredaqlib/logger_config.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 import logging.config
+from pathlib import Path
+
 import yaml
 import os
 
@@ -20,12 +22,27 @@ class QtLogHandler(logging.Handler):
         except Exception:
             self.handleError(record)
 
-def setup_logger(name="aareDAQ", base_dir: str | None = '/tmp/mxlogs'):
+
+def get_config_path(env: str = "dev") -> Path:
+    module_dir = Path(__file__).parent
+    config_filename = f"logging_{env}.yaml"
+    config_path = module_dir / config_filename
+
+    if not config_path.exists():
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f"Logging config not found: {config_path}")
+
+    return config_path
+
+
+def setup_logger(name="aareDAQ", base_dir: str | None = '/tmp/mxlogs', config_path: str | None = None):
     # switch to production mode using: $ APP_ENV=prod python main.py
     env = os.getenv("APP_ENV", "dev")  # default: dev
-    config_file = (
-        "/sls/MX/applications/aaredaq/common/src/aaredaqlib/logging_prod.yaml" if env == "prod" else "/sls/MX/applications/aaredaq/common/src/aaredaqlib/logging_dev.yaml"
-    )
+
+    if config_path is None:
+        config_file = get_config_path(env)
+    else:
+        config_file = Path(config_path)
+
     with open(config_file, "r") as f:
         config = yaml.safe_load(f.read())