diff --git a/services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/api/site/LogUtils.java b/services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/api/site/LogUtils.java
index eddcd35fb35..32a39a6990f 100644
--- a/services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/api/site/LogUtils.java
+++ b/services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/api/site/LogUtils.java
@@ -29,8 +29,11 @@
 import org.fao.geonet.exceptions.OperationAbortedEx;
 import org.fao.geonet.kernel.setting.Settings;
 import org.fao.geonet.repository.SettingRepository;
+import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 /**
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@
 public class LogUtils {
     public static final String DEFAULT_LOG_FILE = "log4j.xml";
 
+
     /**
      * Refresh logger configuration. If settings is not set in database, using default log4j.xml
      * file. If requested file does not exist, using default log4j.xml file.
@@ -55,9 +59,27 @@ public static void refreshLogConfiguration() {
             setting = settingOpt.get();
         }
 
+
+        String loggingConfigurationPath;
+        try {
+            loggingConfigurationPath = (String) ApplicationContextHolder.get().getBean("loggingConfigurationPath");
+        } catch (BeansException e) {
+            loggingConfigurationPath = null;
+        }
         // get log config from db settings
         String log4jProp = setting != null ? setting.getValue() : DEFAULT_LOG_FILE;
-        URL url = LogUtils.class.getResource("/" + log4jProp);
+        URL url ;
+
+        if (loggingConfigurationPath != null) {
+            try {
+                url = Paths.get(loggingConfigurationPath, log4jProp).toUri().toURL();
+            } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+                url = LogUtils.class.getResource("/" + log4jProp);
+            }
+        } else {
+                url = LogUtils.class.getResource("/" + log4jProp);
+        }
+
         if (url != null) {
             // refresh configuration
             DOMConfigurator.configure(url);
diff --git a/services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/api/site/LoggingApi.java b/services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/api/site/LoggingApi.java
index d33692e2619..7b3a9a017af 100644
--- a/services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/api/site/LoggingApi.java
+++ b/services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/api/site/LoggingApi.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.log4j.FileAppender;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
-import org.fao.geonet.api.API;
+import org.fao.geonet.ApplicationContextHolder;
 import org.fao.geonet.api.site.model.ListLogFilesResponse;
 import org.fao.geonet.constants.Geonet;
 import org.fao.geonet.kernel.GeonetworkDataDirectory;
@@ -91,8 +91,15 @@ public List<ListLogFilesResponse.LogFileResponse> getLogFiles(
     ) throws Exception {
         java.util.List<ListLogFilesResponse.LogFileResponse> logFileList =
             new ArrayList<>();
-        String classesFolder = dataDirectory.getWebappDir() + "/WEB-INF/classes";
-        File folder = new File(classesFolder);
+        String loggingConfigurationFolder = dataDirectory.getWebappDir() + "/WEB-INF/classes";
+        // overrides if a "loggingConfigurationPath" bean is available
+        try {
+            loggingConfigurationFolder = (String) ApplicationContextHolder.get().getBean("loggingConfigurationPath");
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // stick with the folder in the classpath.
+        }
+
+        File folder = new File(loggingConfigurationFolder);
 
         if (folder != null && folder.isDirectory()) {
             Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regexp, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);