diff --git a/log4j2.properties b/log4j2.properties
index fdbf51dd..44e1b1e3 100644
--- a/log4j2.properties
+++ b/log4j2.properties
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ appender.rolling.type = RollingFile
 appender.rolling.name = FILE
 appender.rolling.layout.type = PatternLayout
 appender.rolling.layout.pattern = %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n
-appender.rolling.filePattern = ${dirname:-}${filename}.%i
+appender.rolling.filePattern = ./${filename}.%i
 appender.rolling.policy.type = SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy
 appender.rolling.policy.size = 4MB
 # Set the immediate flush to true (default)
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e6b6cea5..59f4e63b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 		<hsqldb.version>2.5.1</hsqldb.version>
 		<jersey.version>2.29.1</jersey.version>
 		<jetty.version>9.4.29.v20200521</jetty.version>
-		<log4j.version>2.12.1</log4j.version>
+		<log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<slf4j.version>1.7.12</slf4j.version>
 		<swagger-api.version>2.0.9</swagger-api.version>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/qortal/controller/Controller.java b/src/main/java/org/qortal/controller/Controller.java
index f5ff5763..aff35b38 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/qortal/controller/Controller.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/qortal/controller/Controller.java
@@ -366,6 +366,8 @@ public class Controller extends Thread {
 	// Entry point
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		LoggingUtils.fixLegacyLog4j2Properties();
+
 		LOGGER.info("Starting up...");
 
 		// Potential GUI startup with splash screen, etc.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/qortal/utils/LoggingUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/qortal/utils/LoggingUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb8af45f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/qortal/utils/LoggingUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package org.qortal.utils;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+public class LoggingUtils {
+
+    public static void fixLegacyLog4j2Properties() {
+        Path log4j2PropertiesPath = Paths.get("log4j2.properties");
+        if (Files.exists(log4j2PropertiesPath)) {
+            try {
+                String content = FileUtils.readFileToString(log4j2PropertiesPath.toFile(), "UTF-8");
+                if (content.contains("${dirname:-}")) {
+                    content = content.replace("${dirname:-}", "./");
+                    FileUtils.writeStringToFile(log4j2PropertiesPath.toFile(), content, "UTF-8");
+
+                    // Force reload the log4j2.properties file
+                    ((org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext) LogManager.getContext(false)).reconfigure();
+                }
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                // Not much we can do here
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}