diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 391626d7deaeade753f2b017a70e7da024835412..22af018ea372609e953c9512ead0120a62b62c66 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 .idea/**/workspace.xml
 .idea/**/tasks.xml
 .idea/dictionaries
+logs
 
 # Sensitive or high-churn files:
 .idea/**/dataSources/
diff --git a/TsaApi/settings.py b/TsaApi/settings.py
index 7acbce75df7a0292deab78c21ef793793df04051..e41efe698d80a71c0f6538bd0317f08e44f84519 100644
--- a/TsaApi/settings.py
+++ b/TsaApi/settings.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {
     ),
 }
 
-APP_ROOT = '/var/www/tsaapi.prod.bfa.local/'
+APP_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))) + '/'
 
 SENTRY_URL = 'http://2ec54beaab3b4459a1e5afadea070f98:92aee3f5d91e4e66996a3e0792985541@172.17.30.21:9000/54'