--- bin/cassandra.orig	2018-09-07 13:43:49 UTC
+++ bin/cassandra
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ launch_service()
     props="$3"
     class="$4"
     cassandra_parms="-Dlogback.configurationFile=logback.xml"
-    cassandra_parms="$cassandra_parms -Dcassandra.logdir=$CASSANDRA_HOME/logs"
+    cassandra_parms="$cassandra_parms -Dcassandra.logdir=/var/log/cassandra"
     cassandra_parms="$cassandra_parms -Dcassandra.storagedir=$cassandra_storagedir"
 
     if [ "x$pidpath" != "x" ]; then