diff --git a/voltha/adapters/openolt/grpc/logconfig.yml b/voltha/adapters/openolt/grpc/logconfig.yml
index 8ff722b..70ee670 100644
--- a/voltha/adapters/openolt/grpc/logconfig.yml
+++ b/voltha/adapters/openolt/grpc/logconfig.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     stream: ext://sys.stdout
   localRotatingFile:
     class: logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler
-    filename: openolt_grpc.log
+    filename: /var/log/openolt_grpc.log
     formatter: default
     maxBytes: 2097152
     backupCount: 10
diff --git a/voltha/adapters/openolt/grpc/openolt_grpc.py b/voltha/adapters/openolt/grpc/openolt_grpc.py
index 923ab90..1c47e5c 100644
--- a/voltha/adapters/openolt/grpc/openolt_grpc.py
+++ b/voltha/adapters/openolt/grpc/openolt_grpc.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
             kafka_send_pb(topic, ind)
             break
         else:
-            log.info("openolt grpc rx indication", indication=ind)
+            log.debug("openolt grpc rx indication", indication=ind)
             kafka_send_pb(topic, ind)
 
 
diff --git a/voltha/adapters/openolt/openolt_device.py b/voltha/adapters/openolt/openolt_device.py
index 0c751aa..9bcb6f3 100644
--- a/voltha/adapters/openolt/openolt_device.py
+++ b/voltha/adapters/openolt/openolt_device.py
@@ -168,10 +168,12 @@
         # FIXME - better way that avoids absolute paths?
         self._grpc = subprocess.Popen(
             ['python',
-             'voltha/voltha/adapters/openolt/grpc/openolt_grpc.py',
+             'openolt_grpc.py',
              self.broker,
              self.host_and_port],
-            env={'PYTHONPATH': '/voltha:/voltha/voltha/protos/third_party'})
+            env={'PYTHONPATH': '/voltha:/voltha/voltha/protos/third_party'},
+            cwd='/voltha/voltha/adapters/openolt/grpc',
+        )
 
     def do_state_up(self, event):
         self.log.debug("do_state_up")