diff --git a/logging_setup.py b/logging_setup.py
index 0bdf60bbdb02be19bf2bf5a504e42481c3ce7597..c806172129dc035a20d8dd5c132988681f5491f6 100644
--- a/logging_setup.py
+++ b/logging_setup.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def setup_loggers(mqtt=True):
     return msg_logger, msg_log_filename, data_logger, data_log_filename, logging_level
 
 
-def init_logging(msg_logger, logging_level, log_path='.', data_log_filename):
+def init_logging(msg_logger, logging_level, log_path, data_log_filename):
     """ This is the init sequence for the logging system """
 
     init_logging_status = True