diff --git a/src/meta/logs.js b/src/meta/logs.js
index f6e0a84909..4df96261cc 100644
--- a/src/meta/logs.js
+++ b/src/meta/logs.js
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var path = require('path');
-var nconf = require('nconf');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var winston = require('winston');
 
 module.exports = function (Meta) {
 	Meta.logs = {
-		path: path.join(nconf.get('base_dir') || (__dirname + '../../'), 'logs', 'output.log'),
+		path: path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'logs', 'output.log'),
 	};
 
 	Meta.logs.get = function (callback) {