diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/logging/StackTraceLayout.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/logging/StackTraceLayout.java
index 0a3915842..1d21f822f 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/logging/StackTraceLayout.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/logging/StackTraceLayout.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent;
  * 
  * <pre>
  * log4j.appender.RiotAppender=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender 
- * log4j.appender.RiotAppender.File= $${catalina.home}/logs/${webapp.name}.riot.log
+ * log4j.appender.RiotAppender.File= $${catalina.base}/logs/${webapp.name}.riot.log
  * log4j.appender.RiotAppender.MaxFileSize=10MB 
  * log4j.appender.RiotAppender.MaxBackupIndex=10 
  * log4j.appender.RiotAppender.layout=edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.logging.StackTraceLayout 
diff --git a/installer/solr/src/main/webResources/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties b/installer/solr/src/main/webResources/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties
index 6d55b17c9..89f1b4378 100644
--- a/installer/solr/src/main/webResources/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties
+++ b/installer/solr/src/main/webResources/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 log4j.appender.AllAppender=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender 
-log4j.appender.AllAppender.File= ${catalina.home}/logs/${app-name}solr.log
+log4j.appender.AllAppender.File= ${catalina.base}/logs/${app-name}solr.log
 log4j.appender.AllAppender.MaxFileSize=10MB 
 log4j.appender.AllAppender.MaxBackupIndex=10 
 log4j.appender.AllAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout 
diff --git a/installer/webapp/src/main/webResources/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties b/installer/webapp/src/main/webResources/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties
index eef3874ee..acfd46f59 100644
--- a/installer/webapp/src/main/webResources/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties
+++ b/installer/webapp/src/main/webResources/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # debug.log4j.properties exists will be used instead, if it exists, but is not stored in Subversion.
 
 log4j.appender.AllAppender=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
-log4j.appender.AllAppender.File= ${catalina.home}/logs/${app-name}.all.log
+log4j.appender.AllAppender.File= ${catalina.base}/logs/${app-name}.all.log
 log4j.appender.AllAppender.MaxFileSize=10MB
 log4j.appender.AllAppender.MaxBackupIndex=10
 log4j.appender.AllAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
diff --git a/legacy/webapp/config/log4j.properties b/legacy/webapp/config/log4j.properties
index 1be93b80c..6b8e9bf83 100644
--- a/legacy/webapp/config/log4j.properties
+++ b/legacy/webapp/config/log4j.properties
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # debug.log4j.properties exists will be used instead, if it exists, but is not stored in Subversion.
  
 log4j.appender.AllAppender=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender 
-log4j.appender.AllAppender.File= $${catalina.home}/logs/${webapp.name}.all.log
+log4j.appender.AllAppender.File= $${catalina.base}/logs/${webapp.name}.all.log
 log4j.appender.AllAppender.MaxFileSize=10MB 
 log4j.appender.AllAppender.MaxBackupIndex=10 
 log4j.appender.AllAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout 
diff --git a/solr/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/solr/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
index 93839409e..342cef918 100644
--- a/solr/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/solr/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 log4j.appender.AllAppender=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender 
-log4j.appender.AllAppender.File= ${catalina.home}/logs/solr.log
+log4j.appender.AllAppender.File= ${catalina.base}/logs/solr.log
 log4j.appender.AllAppender.MaxFileSize=10MB 
 log4j.appender.AllAppender.MaxBackupIndex=10 
 log4j.appender.AllAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout