diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 457f53e..ed7e24d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ FROM amazoncorretto:21.0.1-alpine3.18
 COPY --from=build target/dictionary-*.jar /dictionary.jar
 
 # Time zone
-ENV TZ="US/Eastern"
+ENV TZ="UTC"
 
 ARG DATASOURCE_URL
 ARG DATASOURCE_USERNAME
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-bdc.properties b/src/main/resources/application-bdc.properties
index 00405c0..6554877 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application-bdc.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application-bdc.properties
@@ -7,4 +7,8 @@ server.port=80
 
 dashboard.enable.extra_details=true
 
-filtering.unfilterable_concepts=stigmatized
\ No newline at end of file
+filtering.unfilterable_concepts=stigmatized
+
+# Logging File Output https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/reference/features/logging.html#features.logging.file-output
+# If you are adding additional log files please add them to /var/log/ directory.
+logging.file.name=/var/log/dictionary.log