diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/common/lofar_logging.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/common/lofar_logging.py
index 46d417c67987b1cec37897552ad35446ac7fdae1..cfff61966f11a06c2fcf0e336da32eba24bfbfe2 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/common/lofar_logging.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/common/lofar_logging.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ def configure_logger(logger: logging.Logger=None, log_extra=None, debug=False):
         from logstash_async.handler import AsynchronousLogstashHandler, LogstashFormatter
 
         # log to the tcp_input of logstash in our ELK stack
-        handler = AsynchronousLogstashHandler("elk", 5959, database_path='pending_log_messages.db')
+        handler = AsynchronousLogstashHandler("elk", 5959, database_path='/tmp/lofar_pending_log_messages.db')
 
         # configure log messages
         formatter = LogstashFormatter(extra=log_extra, tags=["python", "lofar"])