diff --git a/symmetric-client/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/AbstractCommandLauncher.java b/symmetric-client/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/AbstractCommandLauncher.java
index 6f6c498155..a21817ca2c 100644
--- a/symmetric-client/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/AbstractCommandLauncher.java
+++ b/symmetric-client/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/AbstractCommandLauncher.java
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ protected void configureLogging(CommandLine line) throws MalformedURLException {
             Appender appender = LogSummaryAppenderUtils.getAppender("ROLLING");
             if (appender instanceof RollingFileAppender) {
                 RollingFileAppender fa = (RollingFileAppender) appender;
+                String fileName = fa.getFileName();
                 
                 if (line.hasOption(OPTION_PROPERTIES_FILE)) {
                     File file = new File(line.getOptionValue(OPTION_PROPERTIES_FILE));
@@ -259,17 +260,18 @@ protected void configureLogging(CommandLine line) throws MalformedURLException {
                     if (index > 0) {
                         name = name.substring(0, index);
                     }
+                    fileName = fileName.replace("symmetric.log", name + ".log");
                     LoggerContext ctx = (LoggerContext) LogManager.getContext(false);
                     Configuration config = ctx.getConfiguration();
                     RollingFileAppender rolling = RollingFileAppender.newBuilder().setConfiguration(config).setName("ROLLING")
-                        .withFileName(fa.getFileName().replace("symmetric.log", name + ".log"))
+                        .withFileName(fileName)
                         .withFilePattern(fa.getFilePattern().replace("symmetric.log", name + ".log"))
                         .setLayout(fa.getLayout()).withPolicy(fa.getTriggeringPolicy())
                         .withStrategy(fa.getManager().getRolloverStrategy()).build();
                     LogSummaryAppenderUtils.removeAppender("ROLLING");
                     LogSummaryAppenderUtils.addAppender(rolling);
                 }
-                System.err.println(String.format("Log output will be written to %s", fa.getFileName()));
+                System.err.println(String.format("Log output will be written to %s", fileName));
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/symmetric-server/src/main/deploy/conf/log4j2-debug.xml b/symmetric-server/src/main/deploy/conf/log4j2-debug.xml
index 1f1a1676c9..35f00baed9 100644
--- a/symmetric-server/src/main/deploy/conf/log4j2-debug.xml
+++ b/symmetric-server/src/main/deploy/conf/log4j2-debug.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
             <ThresholdFilter level="WARN" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY" />
             <PatternLayout pattern="[%X{engineName}] - %c{1} - %m%n" />
         </Console>
-        <RollingFile name="ROLLING" fileName="${env:SYM_HOME:-.}/logs/symmetric.log" filePattern="${sys:log4j.sym.home}/logs/symmetric.log.%i">
+        <RollingFile name="ROLLING" fileName="${env:SYM_HOME:-.}/logs/symmetric.log" filePattern="${env:SYM_HOME:-.}/logs/symmetric.log.%i" createOnDemand="true">
             <PatternLayout pattern="%d %p [%X{engineName}] [%c{1}] [%t] %m%n" />
             <Policies>
                 <SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="20 MB" />
diff --git a/symmetric-server/src/main/deploy/conf/log4j2.xml b/symmetric-server/src/main/deploy/conf/log4j2.xml
index b7204243f6..4ada0ab281 100644
--- a/symmetric-server/src/main/deploy/conf/log4j2.xml
+++ b/symmetric-server/src/main/deploy/conf/log4j2.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
             <ThresholdFilter level="WARN" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY" />
             <PatternLayout pattern="[%X{engineName}] - %c{1} - %m%n" />
         </Console>
-        <RollingFile name="ROLLING" fileName="${env:SYM_HOME:-.}/logs/symmetric.log" filePattern="${sys:log4j.sym.home}/logs/symmetric.log.%i">
+        <RollingFile name="ROLLING" fileName="${env:SYM_HOME:-.}/logs/symmetric.log" filePattern="${env:SYM_HOME:-.}/logs/symmetric.log.%i" createOnDemand="true">
             <PatternLayout pattern="%d %p [%X{engineName}] [%c{1}] [%t] %m%n" />
             <Policies>
                 <SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="20 MB" />
diff --git a/symmetric-sqlexplorer/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml b/symmetric-sqlexplorer/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index a92e398d9f..0000000000
--- a/symmetric-sqlexplorer/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Configuration name="SYM" status="warn" packages="org.jumpmind.util">
-    <Appenders>
-        <Console name="CONSOLE" target="SYSTEM_ERR">
-            <ThresholdFilter level="WARN" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY" />
-            <PatternLayout pattern="[%X{engineName}] - %c{1} - %m%n" />
-        </Console>
-    </Appenders>
-    <Loggers>
-        <Logger name="org" level="WARN" />
-        <Logger name="org.jumpmind" level="INFO" />
-        <Logger name="com.mangofactory.swagger.filters.AnnotatedParameterFilter" level="ERROR" />
-        <Logger name="org.eclipse.jetty.util.ssl.SslContextFactory" level="ERROR" />
-        <Logger name="org.jumpmind.symmetric.util.PropertiesFactoryBean" level="ERROR" />
-        <Logger name="org.jumpmind.symmetric.service.impl.ParameterService" level="ERROR" />
-        <Logger name="org.jumpmind.symmetric.db.SqlScript" level="ERROR" />
-        <Logger name="org.springframework" level="ERROR" />
-        <Logger name="springfox.documentation" level="WARN" />
-        <Logger name="com.vaadin.server.DefaultDeploymentConfiguration" level="ERROR" />
-        <Logger name="com.vaadin.event.ConnectorActionManager" level="ERROR" />
-        <Logger name="com.vaadin.server.communication" level="FATAL" />
-        <Logger name="org.atmosphere" level="FATAL" />
-        <Logger name="io.confluent.kafka.serializers.KafkaAvroSerializerConfig" level="WARN" />
-        <Logger name="org.apache.logging.log4j.jul" level="WARN" />
-
-        <Root level="WARN">
-            <AppenderRef ref="CONSOLE" />
-        </Root>
-    </Loggers>
-</Configuration>