diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 01ac05c..8420ee2 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@
   <taskdef resource="testngtasks" classpath="lib/testng-5.8-jdk15.jar"/>
   <target name="test" depends="build-test">
     <echo message="running tests"/>
-    <mkdir dir="${build.test.dir}/commitlog"/>
     <mkdir dir="${build.test.dir}/cassandra"/>
     <testng outputDir="${build.dir}/test/output"
             haltOnFailure="true"
diff --git a/test/conf/storage-conf.xml b/test/conf/storage-conf.xml
index 8c4dcd0..0cb962d 100644
--- a/test/conf/storage-conf.xml
+++ b/test/conf/storage-conf.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
    <ColumnIndexSizeInKB>256</ColumnIndexSizeInKB>
    <HttpPort>7002</HttpPort>
    <MetadataDirectory>build/test/cassandra/system</MetadataDirectory>
-   <CommitLogDirectory>build/test/commitlog</CommitLogDirectory>
+   <CommitLogDirectory>build/test/cassandra/commitlog</CommitLogDirectory>
    <CommitLogRotationThresholdInMB>128</CommitLogRotationThresholdInMB>
    <GangliaServers>
      <GangliaServer>127.0.0.1:12000</GangliaServer>