diff --git a/common.sh b/common.sh
index ae4cd42..c0077ca 100755
--- a/common.sh
+++ b/common.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ log() {
 
     #log here
     echo "${log_priority} : ${log_message}"
-    echo $(date '+%d-%m-%Y %H:%M') $0 "${log_priority} : ${log_message}" >> /var/log/noaa.log
+    echo $(date '+%d-%m-%Y %H:%M') $0 "${log_priority} : ${log_message}" >> "$NOAA_LOG"
 }
 
 ## current date and folder structure
diff --git a/receive_meteor.sh b/receive_meteor.sh
index c6c8767..7ae6049 100755
--- a/receive_meteor.sh
+++ b/receive_meteor.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ timeout "${6}" /usr/local/bin/rtl_fm ${BIAS_TEE} -p $PPM_ERROR -M raw -f "${2}"M
 
 log "Demodulation in progress (QPSK)" "INFO"
 [ $1 = "METEOR-M2 2"] && demod_extra="-m opsk"
-meteor_demod $demod_extra -B -o "${METEOR_OUTPUT}/${3}.qpsk" "${RAMFS_AUDIO}/audio/${3}.wav"
+meteor_demod $demod_extra -B -o "${METEOR_OUTPUT}/${3}.qpsk" "${RAMFS_AUDIO}/audio/${3}.wav" 2>> $NOAA_LOG
 
 if [ "$DELETE_AUDIO" = true ]; then
     log "Deleting audio files" "INFO"
diff --git a/templates/noaa.conf b/templates/noaa.conf
index 5d1d539..0bb5200 100644
--- a/templates/noaa.conf
+++ b/templates/noaa.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 NOAA_HOME=/home/pi/raspberry-noaa
 NOAA_OUTPUT=/var/www/wx
+NOAA_LOG=/var/log/noaa.log 
 METEOR_OUTPUT=/var/www/wx/meteor
 RAMFS_AUDIO=/var/ramfs
 SAT_MIN_ELEV=30