diff --git a/data-access/servlet/src/main/java/webapi/Settings.java b/data-access/servlet/src/main/java/webapi/Settings.java
index c69075e3d1fa8d3bed7caa1605d1136588277b9e..b21f997730438376c09b1d0cbee07b286fe0252b 100644
--- a/data-access/servlet/src/main/java/webapi/Settings.java
+++ b/data-access/servlet/src/main/java/webapi/Settings.java
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import java.io.PrintWriter;
 
 class Settings
 {
-   private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger("Settings");
+   private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(Settings.class.getName());
 
    static final String CUTOUT_PROPERTIES = "cutout.properties";
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class Settings
    // no reasonable code-defaults can be invented
    public static Settings getInstance()
    {
-      LOGGER.info("Settings loading from: " + CUTOUT_PROPERTIES);
+      LOGGER.config("Settings loading from: " + CUTOUT_PROPERTIES);
       try
       {
          InputStream ins =
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ class Settings
       fitspaths.FITSpath             = properties.getProperty("fits_path_surveys", "/srv/surveys").strip();
       fitspaths.FITScutpath          = properties.getProperty("fits_path_cutouts", "/srv/cutouts").strip();
       fitspaths.FITSRemoteUrlCutouts = properties.getProperty("fits_url_cutouts",  "").strip();
-      fitspaths.surveysMetadataAbsPathname = properties.getProperty("surveys_metadata_abs_pathname", "/srv/surveys/survey_populate.csv").strip();
+      fitspaths.surveysMetadataAbsPathname = properties.getProperty("surveys_metadata_abs_pathname", "").strip();
+      //fitspaths.surveysMetadataAbsPathname = properties.getProperty("surveys_metadata_abs_pathname", "/srv/surveys/survey_populate.csv").strip();
       return fitspaths;
    }