diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Utils/ConversionSupport.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Utils/ConversionSupport.pm
index b9f7c85fd7f1b838ccc940d7abc3fb136c93dff6..1662a322dd4ca353287409ce109bb33f4094aa48 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Utils/ConversionSupport.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Utils/ConversionSupport.pm
@@ -165,23 +165,23 @@ sub parse_common_options {
 
   # if logpath & logfile are not set, set them here to /ensemblweb/vega_dev/shared/logs/conversion/DBNAME/SCRIPNAME_NN.log
 
-  if (defined($self->param('log_base_path')))  {
-    my $dbname = $self->param('dbname');
-    $dbname =~ s/^vega_//;
-    if (not (defined($self->param('logpath')))){
-      $self->param('logpath', $self->param('log_base_path')."/".$dbname."/" );
-    }
-    if (  (not defined $self->param('logfile') ) && (not defined $self->param('nolog') )  ){
-      my $log = $Script;
-      $log =~ s/.pl$//g;
-      my $counter;
-      for ($counter=1 ; (-e $self->param('logpath')."/".$log."_".sprintf("%03d", $counter).".log"); $counter++){
+  if (! defined($self->param('log_base_path')))  {
+    $self->param('log_base_path','/ensemblweb/shared/logs/conversion/');
+  }
+  my $dbname = $self->param('dbname');
+  $dbname =~ s/^vega_//;
+  if (not (defined($self->param('logpath')))){
+    $self->param('logpath', $self->param('log_base_path')."/".$dbname."/" );
+  }
+  if (  (not defined $self->param('logfile') ) && (not defined $self->param('nolog') )  ){
+    my $log = $Script;
+    $log =~ s/.pl$//g;
+    my $counter;
+    for ($counter=1 ; (-e $self->param('logpath')."/".$log."_".sprintf("%03d", $counter).".log"); $counter++){
 #        warn  $self->param('logpath')."/".$log."_".$counter.".log";
-      }
-      $self->param('logfile', $log."_".sprintf("%03d", $counter).".log");
     }
+    $self->param('logfile', $log."_".sprintf("%03d", $counter).".log");
   }
-  
   return(1);
 }