--- config/jvm.options.orig	2021-07-30 14:01:34 UTC
+++ config/jvm.options
@@ -61,17 +61,17 @@
 -XX:HeapDumpPath=data
 
 # specify an alternative path for JVM fatal error logs
--XX:ErrorFile=logs/hs_err_pid%p.log
+-XX:ErrorFile=/hs_err_pid%p.log
 
 ## JDK 8 GC logging
 8:-XX:+PrintGCDetails
 8:-XX:+PrintGCDateStamps
 8:-XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution
 8:-XX:+PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime
-8:-Xloggc:logs/gc.log
+8:-Xloggc:${OPENSEARCH_TMPDIR}/gc.log
 8:-XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation
 8:-XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles=32
 8:-XX:GCLogFileSize=64m
 
 # JDK 9+ GC logging
-9-:-Xlog:gc*,gc+age=trace,safepoint:file=logs/gc.log:utctime,pid,tags:filecount=32,filesize=64m
+9-:-Xlog:gc*,gc+age=trace,safepoint:file=${OPENSEARCH_TMPDIR}/gc.log:utctime,pid,tags:filecount=32,filesize=64m