diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/config/spring/CldsConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/config/spring/CldsConfiguration.java
index 37de833..8372e3f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/config/spring/CldsConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/config/spring/CldsConfiguration.java
@@ -26,21 +26,28 @@
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 import javax.xml.transform.TransformerConfigurationException;
 
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.config.ClampProperties;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.config.EncodedPasswordBasicDataSource;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.dao.CldsDao;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.transform.XslTransformer;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertiesFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Profile;
-import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 
 @Configuration
 @Profile("clamp-default")
 public class CldsConfiguration {
 
+    @Autowired
+    private ApplicationContext appContext;
+    @Autowired
+    private ClampProperties refProp;
+
     /**
      * Clds Identity database DataSource configuration
      * 
@@ -55,7 +62,7 @@
     @Bean(name = "mapper")
     public PropertiesFactoryBean mapper() {
         PropertiesFactoryBean bean = new PropertiesFactoryBean();
-        bean.setLocation(new ClassPathResource("system.properties"));
+        bean.setLocation(appContext.getResource(refProp.getStringValue("files.systemProperties")));
         return bean;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 1724818..179553d 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@
 async.max.pool.size=20
 async.queue.capacity=500
 
+clamp.config.log.path=/var/log/onap
+clamp.config.files.systemProperties=classpath:/system.properties
 clamp.config.files.cldsUsers=classpath:/clds/clds-users.json
 clamp.config.files.globalProperties=classpath:/clds/templates/globalProperties.json
 clamp.config.files.sdcController=classpath:/clds/sdc-controllers-config.json
diff --git a/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index ef21328..22206fe 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <configuration scan="true" scanPeriod="10 seconds" debug="false">
 		<jmxConfigurator />
-		<property name="logDirectory" value="log" />
+		<property resource="application.properties" />
+		<property name="logDirectory" value="${clamp.config.log.path}" />
 		<!-- Example evaluator filter applied against console appender -->
 		<appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
 				<!-- filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.LevelFilter"> <level>ERROR</level> 
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@
 				<filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
 						<level>INFO</level>
 				</filter>
-				<file>${logDirectory}/CLAMP/error.log</file>
+				<file>${logDirectory}/clamp/error.log</file>
 				<append>true</append>
 				<encoder>
 						<pattern>%date{"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss,SSSXXX", UTC}|%X{RequestId}|%.20thread|%X{ServiceName}|%X{PartnerName}|%X{TargetEntity}|%X{TargetServiceName}|%.-5level|%X{ErrorCode}|%X{ErrorDescription}|%msg%n</pattern>
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
 				<rollingPolicy
 						class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
 						<maxIndex>10</maxIndex>
-						<FileNamePattern>${logDirectory}/CLAMP/error.%i.log.zip
+						<FileNamePattern>${logDirectory}/clamp/error.%i.log.zip
 						</FileNamePattern>
 				</rollingPolicy>
 				<triggeringPolicy
@@ -39,13 +40,13 @@
 
 		<appender name="DEBUG"
 				class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
-				<file>${logDirectory}/CLAMP/debug.log</file>
+				<file>${logDirectory}/clamp/debug.log</file>
 				<append>true</append>
 				<encoder>
 						<pattern>%date{"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss,SSSXXX",UTC}|%X{RequestId}|%.20thread|%.-5level|%logger{36}|%msg%n</pattern>
 				</encoder>
 				<rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
-					<fileNamePattern>${logDirectory}/CLAMP/debug.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.log.zip</fileNamePattern>
+					<fileNamePattern>${logDirectory}/clamp/debug.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.log.zip</fileNamePattern>
 					<timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedFNATP">
 						<maxFileSize>10MB</maxFileSize>
 					</timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy>
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@
 
 		<appender name="AUDIT"
 				class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
-				<file>${logDirectory}/CLAMP/audit.log</file>
+				<file>${logDirectory}/clamp/audit.log</file>
 				<append>true</append>
 				<encoder>
 						<pattern>%X{BeginTimestamp}|%X{EndTimestamp}|%X{RequestId}|%X{ServiceInstanceId}|%.20thread|%X{VirtualServerName}|%X{ServiceName}|%X{PartnerName}|%X{StatusCode}|%X{ResponseCode}|%X{ResponseDescription}|%X{InstanceUUID}|%.-5level|%X{AlertSeverity}|%X{ServerIPAddress}|%X{ElapsedTime}|%X{ServerFQDN}|%X{RemoteHost}|%X{ClassName}|%X{Unused}|%X{ProcessKey}|%X{CustomField1}|%X{CustomField2}|%X{CustomField3}|%X{CustomField4}|%msg%n
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@
 				<rollingPolicy
 						class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
 						<maxIndex>10</maxIndex>
-						<FileNamePattern>${logDirectory}/CLAMP/audit.%i.log.zip
+						<FileNamePattern>${logDirectory}/clamp/audit.%i.log.zip
 						</FileNamePattern>
 				</rollingPolicy>
 				<triggeringPolicy
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@
 
 		<appender name="METRIC"
 				class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
-				<file>${logDirectory}/CLAMP/metric.log</file>
+				<file>${logDirectory}/clamp/metric.log</file>
 				<append>true</append>
 				<encoder>
 						<pattern>%X{BeginTimestamp}|%X{EndTimestamp}|%X{RequestId}|%X{ServiceInstanceId}|%.20thread|%X{VirtualServerName}|%X{ServiceName}|%X{PartnerName}|%X{TargetEntity}|%X{TargetServiceName}|%X{StatusCode}|%X{ResponseCode}|%X{ResponseDescription}|%X{InstanceUUID}|%.-5level|%X{AlertSeverity}|%X{ServerIPAddress}|%X{ElapsedTime}|%X{ServerFQDN}|%X{RemoteHost}|%X{ClassName}|%X{Unused}|%X{ProcessKey}|%X{TargetVirtualEntity}|%X{CustomField1}|%X{CustomField2}|%X{CustomField3}|%X{CustomField4}|
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@
 				<rollingPolicy
 						class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
 						<maxIndex>10</maxIndex>
-						<FileNamePattern>${logDirectory}/CLAMP/metric.%i.log.zip
+						<FileNamePattern>${logDirectory}/clamp/metric.%i.log.zip
 						</FileNamePattern>
 				</rollingPolicy>
 				<triggeringPolicy
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@
 		<!-- SECURITY related loggers -->
 		<appender name="SECURITY"
 				class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
-				<file>${logDirectory}/CLAMP/security.log</file>
+				<file>${logDirectory}/clamp/security.log</file>
 				<append>true</append>
 				<encoder>
 						<pattern>%X{BeginTimestamp}|%X{EndTimestamp}|%X{RequestId}|%X{ServiceInstanceId}|%.20thread|%X{VirtualServerName}|%X{ServiceName}|%X{PartnerName}|%X{StatusCode}|%X{ResponseCode}|%X{ResponseDescription}|%X{InstanceUUID}|%.-5level|%X{AlertSeverity}|%X{ServerIPAddress}|%X{ElapsedTime}|%X{ServerFQDN}|%X{RemoteHost}|%X{ClassName}|%X{Unused}|%X{ProcessKey}|%X{CustomField1}|%X{CustomField2}|%X{CustomField3}|%X{CustomField4}|%msg%n
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@
 				<rollingPolicy
 						class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
 						<maxIndex>10</maxIndex>
-						<FileNamePattern>${logDirectory}/CLAMP/security.%i.log.zip
+						<FileNamePattern>${logDirectory}/clamp/security.%i.log.zip
 						</FileNamePattern>
 				</rollingPolicy>
 				<triggeringPolicy
diff --git a/src/main/resources/system.properties b/src/main/resources/system.properties
index 5f6e217..0ecba95 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/system.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/system.properties
@@ -21,14 +21,11 @@
 # 
 ###
 
-# If the environment property system_properties_path contains a path to a file  , System properties created using the file. If the environment variable not present, system.properties in the class path is used for system property creation 
-
 com.att.eelf.logging.file=classpath:/logback.xml
 
 # change as per logback.xml path
 com.att.eelf.logging.path=./
 logging.config=classpath:/logback.xml
-
 #
 # JVM SSL/TLS properties
 jdk.tls.client.protocols=TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2 
diff --git a/src/test/resources/application.properties b/src/test/resources/application.properties
index b543af1..7d6ba51 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/test/resources/application.properties
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@
 async.max.pool.size=20
 async.queue.capacity=500
 
+clamp.config.log.path=log
+clamp.config.files.systemProperties=classpath:/system.properties
 clamp.config.files.cldsUsers=classpath:/clds/clds-users.json
 clamp.config.files.globalProperties=classpath:/clds/templates/globalProperties.json
 clamp.config.files.sdcController=classpath:/clds/sdc-controllers-config.json