diff --git a/LCS/Common/include/Common/LofarLocators.h b/LCS/Common/include/Common/LofarLocators.h
index 93587d3fe8ed1d96751f4e2ed2fce44880f0388a..2e404c24a2f664478de68409fc052aeeb2a58e7b 100644
--- a/LCS/Common/include/Common/LofarLocators.h
+++ b/LCS/Common/include/Common/LofarLocators.h
@@ -45,11 +45,14 @@ public:
 	#define		CONFIG_SUB_DIR		"etc"
 
 	// Create a ConfigLocator with a default search path.
-	ConfigLocator() : FileLocator()
-		{	setSubdir(CONFIG_SUB_DIR); }
+	ConfigLocator() : FileLocator() {
+		setSubdir(CONFIG_SUB_DIR);
+		addPathAtFront("$HOME/.lofar");
+	}
 	// Create a ConfigLocator with a predefined search path.
-	explicit ConfigLocator (const string&	aPath) : FileLocator(aPath) 
-		{ 	setSubdir(CONFIG_SUB_DIR); }
+	explicit ConfigLocator (const string&	aPath) : FileLocator(aPath) {
+		setSubdir(CONFIG_SUB_DIR);
+	}
 
 private:
 	ConfigLocator(const ConfigLocator&	that);
diff --git a/LCS/Common/src/FileLocator.cc b/LCS/Common/src/FileLocator.cc
index 304a873e9d5d6ba7c90422fa126c09c65cd21cab..4009851df62bf7e71ba1aae9782b84df75c2a499 100644
--- a/LCS/Common/src/FileLocator.cc
+++ b/LCS/Common/src/FileLocator.cc
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ string	FileLocator::locate		(const string& aFile)
 				else {				// test subdir
 					fullname += itsSubdir + "/" + aFile;
 				}
+
 				result = stat(fullname.c_str(), &fileStat);
 				if (result == 0) { // found?
 					return (fullname);
diff --git a/MAC/GCF/TM/src/GCF_Scheduler.cc b/MAC/GCF/TM/src/GCF_Scheduler.cc
index f63e3676261c847d8ef62d612891038e69ad070f..2747767507afa562c5dfe94aee1a35bd2f39d7e6 100644
--- a/MAC/GCF/TM/src/GCF_Scheduler.cc
+++ b/MAC/GCF/TM/src/GCF_Scheduler.cc
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ void GCFScheduler::init(int argc, char** argv, const string&	logfile)
 	ConfigLocator	aCL;
 	string 			procName(basename(argv[0]));
 	string			logPropFile(procName + ".log_prop");
-	// First try logpropfile <task>.log_prop
+
+    // First try logpropfile <task>.log_prop
 	if (aCL.locate(logPropFile) == "") {
 		// locator could not find it try defaultname
 		logPropFile = "mac.log_prop";