diff --git a/R/log4j.properties b/R/log4j.properties
index 701adb2a3da1d97f1307ad5867e5f16c074179ce..cce8d9152d32de86d458aef3748a01cf8ee17486 100644
--- a/R/log4j.properties
+++ b/R/log4j.properties
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 log4j.rootCategory=INFO, file
 log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.FileAppender
 log4j.appender.file.append=true
-log4j.appender.file.file=R-unit-tests.log
+log4j.appender.file.file=R/target/unit-tests.log
 log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} %t %p %c{1}: %m%n