diff --git a/CveXplore/VERSION b/CveXplore/VERSION
index 08456a47..d81f1c3f 100644
--- a/CveXplore/VERSION
+++ b/CveXplore/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.8
\ No newline at end of file
+0.2.9
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CveXplore/database/maintenance/Config.py b/CveXplore/database/maintenance/Config.py
index 045ef19c..20297bd2 100644
--- a/CveXplore/database/maintenance/Config.py
+++ b/CveXplore/database/maintenance/Config.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Configuration
 =============
 """
+import ast
 import datetime
 import json
 import os
@@ -10,6 +11,11 @@
 runPath = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 
 
+def getenv_bool(name: str, default: str = "False"):
+    raw = os.getenv(name, default).title()
+    return ast.literal_eval(raw)
+
+
 class Configuration(object):
     """
     Class holding the configuration
@@ -33,6 +39,8 @@ class Configuration(object):
 
     HTTP_PROXY = os.getenv("HTTP_PROXY", "")
 
+    LOGGING_TO_FILE = getenv_bool("LOGGING_TO_FILE", "False")
+    LOGGING_FILE_PATH = os.getenv("LOGGING_FILE_PATH", "./")
     LOGGING_MAX_FILE_SIZE = os.getenv("LOGGING_MAX_FILE_SIZE", "100MB")
     LOGGING_BACKLOG = os.getenv("LOGGING_BACKLOG", 5)
     LOGGING_FILE_NAME = os.getenv("LOGGING_FILE_NAME", "./update_populate.log")
diff --git a/CveXplore/database/maintenance/LogHandler.py b/CveXplore/database/maintenance/LogHandler.py
index 1926417a..19d708b8 100644
--- a/CveXplore/database/maintenance/LogHandler.py
+++ b/CveXplore/database/maintenance/LogHandler.py
@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@ class HelperLogger(logging.Logger):
     logger.logging class.
     """
 
-    runPath = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
-
-    logPath = os.path.join(runPath, "log")
-
-    if not os.path.exists(logPath):
-        os.makedirs(logPath)
-
     config = Configuration()
 
+    if config.LOGGING_TO_FILE:
+        try:
+            if not os.path.exists(config.LOGGING_FILE_PATH):
+                os.makedirs(config.LOGGING_FILE_PATH)
+        except PermissionError:
+            logPath = os.path.expanduser("~")
+
     logDict = {
         "version": 1,
         "formatters": {
@@ -179,11 +179,12 @@ def __init__(self, name, level=logging.NOTSET):
             "%(asctime)s - %(name)-8s - %(levelname)-8s - %(message)s"
         )
 
-        crf = RotatingFileHandler(
-            filename=self.config.getUpdateLogFile(),
-            maxBytes=self.config.getMaxLogSize(),
-            backupCount=self.config.getBacklog(),
-        )
-        crf.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-        crf.setFormatter(formatter)
-        self.addHandler(crf)
+        if self.config.LOGGING_TO_FILE:
+            crf = RotatingFileHandler(
+                filename=os.path.join(self.logPath, self.config.getUpdateLogFile()),
+                maxBytes=self.config.getMaxLogSize(),
+                backupCount=self.config.getBacklog(),
+            )
+            crf.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+            crf.setFormatter(formatter)
+            self.addHandler(crf)