Index: trunk/src/tmcsim/paramicslog/ParamicsLog.java
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--- trunk/src/tmcsim/paramicslog/ParamicsLog.java	(revision 2)
+++ trunk/src/tmcsim/paramicslog/ParamicsLog.java	(revision 33)
@@ -62,4 +62,6 @@
         }
     }
+
+	private static final String CONFIG_FILE_NAME = "paramics_communicator_logging.properties";
     
     /** Error logger. */
@@ -87,16 +89,11 @@
      * Creates the singleton instance of this class.
      */
-    static
-    {
-        try 
-        {
-            if (System.getProperty("PARAMICS_LOG_PROPERTIES") != null)
-            {
-                instance = new ParamicsLog(System.getProperty("PARAMICS_LOG_PROPERTIES"));
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                throw new Exception("PARAMICS_LOG_PROPERTIES system property not defined.");
-            }
+    static {
+        try {
+        	if(System.getProperty("CONFIG_DIR") == null){
+            	System.setProperty("CONFIG_DIR", "config");
+            }
+        	
+        	instance = new ParamicsLog(System.getProperty("CONFIG_DIR") + System.getProperty("file.separator") + CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
         } 
         catch (Exception e)