diff --git a/akka-bbb-apps/build.sbt b/akka-bbb-apps/build.sbt
index f71d700eb0..74b92478f2 100755
--- a/akka-bbb-apps/build.sbt
+++ b/akka-bbb-apps/build.sbt
@@ -76,6 +76,6 @@ daemonUser in Linux := user
 // group which will execute the application
 daemonGroup in Linux := group
 
-javaOptions in Universal ++= Seq("-J-Xms130m", "-J-Xmx256m", "-Dconfig.file=conf/application.conf")
+javaOptions in Universal ++= Seq("-J-Xms130m", "-J-Xmx256m", "-Dconfig.file=conf/application.conf", "-Dlogback.configurationFile=conf/logback.xml")
 
 debianPackageDependencies in Debian ++= Seq("java8-runtime-headless", "bash")