diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/main/opt/ansible/conf/cc.conf b/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/main/opt/ansible/conf/cc.conf
index e779dc2..2824219 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/main/opt/ansible/conf/cc.conf
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-server/src/main/opt/ansible/conf/cc.conf
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 [common]
 log.level=INFO
+log.dir=logs
 
 [nc]
 txn.log.dir=txnlog
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/NCLogConfigurationFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/NCLogConfigurationFactory.java
index 990d6c9..f4d10cb 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/NCLogConfigurationFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/NCLogConfigurationFactory.java
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hyracks.control.nc;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.net.URI;
+
 import org.apache.hyracks.control.common.controllers.NCConfig;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext;
@@ -30,8 +33,6 @@
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.builder.api.LayoutComponentBuilder;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.builder.impl.BuiltConfiguration;
 
-import java.net.URI;
-
 public class NCLogConfigurationFactory extends ConfigurationFactory {
     private NCConfig config;
 
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
     public Configuration createConfiguration(ConfigurationBuilder<BuiltConfiguration> builder) {
         String nodeId = config.getNodeId();
         String logDir = config.getLogDir();
+        logDir = logDir.endsWith(File.separator) ? logDir : logDir + File.separator;
         builder.setStatusLevel(Level.WARN);
         builder.setConfigurationName("RollingBuilder");
         // create a rolling file appender