diff --git a/bigbluebutton-server/build.xml b/bigbluebutton-server/build.xml
index a7cb0f68fa..8324ec888c 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-server/build.xml
+++ b/bigbluebutton-server/build.xml
@@ -626,6 +626,7 @@
 	</target>
 
 	<target name="dist" description="Make Binary distribution" depends="clean, jar">
+		<mkdir dir="${dist.dir}/${log.dir}"/>
 		<copy todir="${dist.dir}/lib">
 			<fileset dir="lib"/>
 		</copy>
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-server/conf/logback.xml b/bigbluebutton-server/conf/logback.xml
index dd0e984111..16269e639e 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-server/conf/logback.xml
+++ b/bigbluebutton-server/conf/logback.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<!-- Appenders http://logback.qos.ch/manual/appenders.html -->
 	<appender name="CONSOLE"
 		class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
-		<filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.LevelFilter">
+		<filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
       		<level>INFO</level>
       		<onMatch>ACCEPT</onMatch>
       		<onMismatch>DENY</onMismatch>