diff --git a/ReportingServices.API/Program.cs b/ReportingServices.API/Program.cs
index 1322b3f..70e57a5 100644
--- a/ReportingServices.API/Program.cs
+++ b/ReportingServices.API/Program.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ using Serilog;
 LoggerConfiguration loggerConfiguration = new();
 
 var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
-Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("workingDirectory", "C:/tmp/logging");
+Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("workingDirectory", builder.Configuration.GetValue<string>("LoggingDirectory"));
 _ = ConfigurationLoggerConfigurationExtensions.Configuration(loggerConfiguration.ReadFrom, builder.Configuration);
 _ = SerilogHostBuilderExtensions.UseSerilog(builder.Host);
 Log.Logger = loggerConfiguration.CreateLogger();
diff --git a/ReportingServices.API/appsettings.Development.json b/ReportingServices.API/appsettings.Development.json
index 8e4564f..2e004db 100644
--- a/ReportingServices.API/appsettings.Development.json
+++ b/ReportingServices.API/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@
   },
   "ConnectionStrings": {
     "DefaultConnection": "Server=MESSV01EC.EC.LOCAL\\PROD1,53959;Database=LSL2SQL;User Id=srpadmin;Password=0okm9ijn;TrustServerCertificate=true"
-  }
+  },
+  "LoggingDirectory": "C:\\tmp\\logging"
 }
diff --git a/ReportingServices.API/appsettings.Release.json b/ReportingServices.API/appsettings.Release.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a2241d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReportingServices.API/appsettings.Release.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "Logging": {
+    "LogLevel": {
+      "Default": "Information",
+      "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
+    }
+  },
+  "ConnectionStrings": {
+    "DefaultConnection": "Server=MESSV01EC.EC.LOCAL\\PROD1,53959;Database=LSL2SQL;User Id=srpadmin;Password=0okm9ijn;TrustServerCertificate=true"
+  },
+  "LoggingDirectory": "D:\\tmp\\logging\\MesaReportingServices\\API"
+}
diff --git a/ReportingServices.API/appsettings.json b/ReportingServices.API/appsettings.json
index 7e883f3..e1663b6 100644
--- a/ReportingServices.API/appsettings.json
+++ b/ReportingServices.API/appsettings.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     ],
     "Properties": {
       "Application": "Sample"
-    }
+    },
+    "LoggingDirectory": "C:\\tmp\\logging"
   }
 }
diff --git a/ReportingServices.UI/Program.cs b/ReportingServices.UI/Program.cs
index f2a6d31..5b6b8fb 100644
--- a/ReportingServices.UI/Program.cs
+++ b/ReportingServices.UI/Program.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ using Serilog;
 LoggerConfiguration loggerConfiguration = new();
 
 var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
-Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("workingDirectory", "C:/tmp/logging");
+Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("workingDirectory", builder.Configuration.GetValue<string>("LoggingDirectory"));
 _ = ConfigurationLoggerConfigurationExtensions.Configuration(loggerConfiguration.ReadFrom, builder.Configuration);
 _ = SerilogHostBuilderExtensions.UseSerilog(builder.Host);
 Log.Logger = loggerConfiguration.CreateLogger();
diff --git a/ReportingServices.UI/appsettings.Development.json b/ReportingServices.UI/appsettings.Development.json
index b44591a..7de1aa2 100644
--- a/ReportingServices.UI/appsettings.Development.json
+++ b/ReportingServices.UI/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@
   "ConnectionStrings": {
     "DefaultConnection": "Server=MESSV01EC.EC.LOCAL\\PROD1,53959;Database=LSL2SQL;User Id=srpadmin;Password=0okm9ijn;TrustServerCertificate=true"
   },
-  "BaseAPIAddress": "https://localhost:7196/api/"
+  "BaseAPIAddress": "https://localhost:7196/api/",
+  "LoggingDirectory":  "C:\\tmp\\logging"
 }
diff --git a/ReportingServices.UI/appsettings.Release.json b/ReportingServices.UI/appsettings.Release.json
index 17ea30e..4a358b6 100644
--- a/ReportingServices.UI/appsettings.Release.json
+++ b/ReportingServices.UI/appsettings.Release.json
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@
   "ConnectionStrings": {
     "DefaultConnection": "Server=MESSV01EC.EC.LOCAL\\PROD1,53959;Database=LSL2SQL;User Id=srpadmin;Password=0okm9ijn;TrustServerCertificate=true"
   },
-  "BaseAPIAddress": "http://localhost:50201/api/"
+  "BaseAPIAddress": "http://localhost:50201/api/",
+  "LoggingDirectory": "D:\\tmp\\logging\\MesaReportingServices\\UI"
 }
diff --git a/ReportingServices.UI/appsettings.json b/ReportingServices.UI/appsettings.json
index c78b19c..cd706ff 100644
--- a/ReportingServices.UI/appsettings.json
+++ b/ReportingServices.UI/appsettings.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     ],
     "Properties": {
       "Application": "Sample"
-    }
+    },
+    "LoggingDirectory": "C://tmp//loging"
   }
 }