diff --git a/tools/gen_json.py b/tools/gen_json.py
index 5475f67..ad6aa30 100644
--- a/tools/gen_json.py
+++ b/tools/gen_json.py
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ config.read("tools.cfg")
 ORIGPATH = Path(config["tools"]["kres_orig"])
 INPATH = Path(config["tools"]["kres_srl"])
 OUTPATH = Path(config["tools"]["kres_json"])
-LOGFILE = Path(config["tools"]["logfile"])
 DEBUG = config["tools"]["debug"] == "True"
+LOGFILE = Path(config["tools"]["logfile"]).absolute().resolve()
+
+logging.basicConfig(filename=str(LOGFILE), level=logging.INFO)
 
-logging.basicConfig(filename=LOGFILE, level=logging.INFO)
 
 def get_origfile(filename):
 	for origfile in ORIGPATH.iterdir():
diff --git a/tools/parse_all.py b/tools/parse_all.py
index 1218b67..82f414b 100644
--- a/tools/parse_all.py
+++ b/tools/parse_all.py
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ config = configparser.ConfigParser()
 config.read("tools.cfg")
 INDIR = Path(config["tools"]["kres_orig"])
 OUTDIR = Path(config["tools"]["kres_tsv"])
-LOGFILE = Path(config["tools"]["logfile"])
+LOGFILE = Path(config["tools"]["logfile"]).absolute().resolve()
 
-logging.basicConfig(filename=LOGFILE, level=logging.INFO)
+logging.basicConfig(filename=str(LOGFILE), level=logging.INFO)
 
 """
 print("parsing ssj")
diff --git a/tools/tools.cfg b/tools/tools.cfg
index d684723..6ae9dab 100644
--- a/tools/tools.cfg
+++ b/tools/tools.cfg
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ kres_orig = /kres_mount/kres_parsed/tei
 kres_tsv = ../data/kres_out/1_tsv
 kres_srl = ../data/kres_out/_srl
 kres_json = ../data/kres_out/final_json
-logfile = "../progress.log"
+logfile = ../progress.log
 debug = False