diff --git a/op5/scripts/send2jsm.go b/op5/scripts/send2jsm.go
index 6211927..0cfaed8 100644
--- a/op5/scripts/send2jsm.go
+++ b/op5/scripts/send2jsm.go
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ func main() {
 	} else {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	logger = configureLogger()
 
 	errFromConf := readConfigurationFileFromJECConfig(configPath2)
 
@@ -55,6 +54,8 @@ func main() {
 	version := flag.String("v", "", "")
 	parseFlags()
 
+	logger = configureLogger()
+
 	printConfigToLog()
 
 	if *version != "" {
@@ -126,6 +127,9 @@ func readConfigurationFileFromJECConfig(filepath string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if data.LogPath != "" {
+		configParameters["logPath"] = data.LogPath
+	}
 	if configParameters["apiKey"] == "" {
 		configParameters["apiKey"] = data.ApiKey
 	}
@@ -141,16 +145,13 @@ func readConfigurationFileFromJECConfig(filepath string) error {
 type Configuration struct {
 	ApiKey  string `json:"apiKey"`
 	BaseUrl string `json:"baseUrl"`
+	LogPath string `json:"logPath"`
 }
 
 func configureLogger() log.Logger {
 	level := configParameters["nagios2jsm.logger"]
 	var logFilePath = parameters["logPath"]
 
-	if len(logFilePath) == 0 {
-		logFilePath = "/var/log/jec/send2jsm.log"
-	}
-
 	var tmpLogger log.Logger
 
 	file, err := os.OpenFile(logFilePath, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0666)