diff --git a/app/server.js b/app/server.js
index 1513f7ed..1deeba76 100644
--- a/app/server.js
+++ b/app/server.js
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ function App() {
     var isBatchProcess = process.argv.indexOf('--no-batch') === -1;
 
     if (global.settings.environment !== 'test' && isBatchProcess) {
-        app.batch = batchFactory(metadataBackend, redisConfig, statsd_client);
+        app.batch = batchFactory(metadataBackend, redisConfig, statsd_client, global.settings.batch_log_filename);
         app.batch.start();
     }
 
diff --git a/config/environments/development.js.example b/config/environments/development.js.example
index 6eae0145..3303c71e 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/development.js.example
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ module.exports.db_host      = 'localhost';
 module.exports.db_port      = '5432';
 module.exports.db_batch_port      = '5432';
 module.exports.finished_jobs_ttl_in_seconds = 2 * 3600; // 2 hours
+module.exports.batch_log_filename = 'logs/batch-queries.log';
 // Max database connections in the pool
 // Subsequent connections will wait for a free slot.
 // NOTE: not used by OGR-mediated accesses
diff --git a/config/environments/production.js.example b/config/environments/production.js.example
index 96683a51..6e5ba080 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/production.js.example
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ module.exports.db_host      = 'localhost';
 module.exports.db_port      = '6432';
 module.exports.db_batch_port      = '5432';
 module.exports.finished_jobs_ttl_in_seconds = 2 * 3600; // 2 hours
+module.exports.batch_log_filename = 'logs/batch-queries.log';
 // Max database connections in the pool
 // Subsequent connections will wait for a free slot.i
 // NOTE: not used by OGR-mediated accesses
diff --git a/config/environments/staging.js.example b/config/environments/staging.js.example
index 123e56fd..ce31b032 100644
--- a/config/environments/staging.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/staging.js.example
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ module.exports.db_host      = 'localhost';
 module.exports.db_port      = '6432';
 module.exports.db_batch_port      = '5432';
 module.exports.finished_jobs_ttl_in_seconds = 2 * 3600; // 2 hours
+module.exports.batch_log_filename = 'logs/batch-queries.log';
 // Max database connections in the pool
 // Subsequent connections will wait for a free slot.
 // NOTE: not used by OGR-mediated accesses
diff --git a/config/environments/test.js.example b/config/environments/test.js.example
index d0ef2236..01df1ebc 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/test.js.example
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ module.exports.db_host      = 'localhost';
 module.exports.db_port      = '5432';
 module.exports.db_batch_port      = '5432';
 module.exports.finished_jobs_ttl_in_seconds = 2 * 3600; // 2 hours
+module.exports.batch_log_filename = 'logs/batch-queries.log';
 // Max database connections in the pool
 // Subsequent connections will wait for a free slot.
 // NOTE: not used by OGR-mediated accesses