diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b9a99ba..95004c6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ local.properties
 
 lib/quasar.jar
 
-**/logs/*
+#will include a logs file which is written to by corda workers
+!logs/
+#**/logs/*
 
 ### JetBrains template
 # Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio
diff --git a/config/combined-worker-compose.yaml b/config/combined-worker-compose.yaml
index da2495d..37a4ceb 100644
--- a/config/combined-worker-compose.yaml
+++ b/config/combined-worker-compose.yaml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ services:
       JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=*:5005
       LOG4J_CONFIG_FILE: config/log4j2.xml
       CONSOLE_LOG_LEVEL: info
-      ENABLE_LOG4J2_DEBUG: false
+      ENABLE_LOG4J2_DEBUG: 0
     command: [
       "-mbus.busType=KAFKA",
       "-mbootstrap.servers=kafka:29092",
@@ -84,4 +84,4 @@ services:
       context: ../FlowManagementUI
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
     ports:
-      - 5000:5000
\ No newline at end of file
+      - 5001:5000
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/logs/.gitignore b/logs/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf0824e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logs/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.log
\ No newline at end of file