diff --git a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/ConfigManager.java b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/ConfigManager.java
index 1046c3d6c..e162f6aa1 100644
--- a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/ConfigManager.java
+++ b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/ConfigManager.java
@@ -62,12 +62,13 @@ public class ConfigManager {
 
     public static ConfigManager getInstance() {
         if (INSTANCE == null) {
+            Path rootFolder = PathManager.getInstance().getRootFolder();
             switch (m_saveStrat) {
                 case SQL:
-                    INSTANCE = new ConfigManager(getRootFolder(), new SqlConfigProvider(getRootFolder()));
+                    INSTANCE = new ConfigManager(rootFolder, new SqlConfigProvider(rootFolder));
                     break;
                 case LEGACY:
-                    INSTANCE = new ConfigManager(getRootFolder(), new LegacyConfigProvider(getRootFolder()));
+                    INSTANCE = new ConfigManager(rootFolder, new LegacyConfigProvider(rootFolder));
                     break;
                 case ATOMIC_ZIP:
                     // not yet done, fall through
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ public class ConfigManager {
         return INSTANCE;
     }
 
-    private static final Logger logger = new Logger(ConfigManager.class, LogGroup.General);
+    private static final Logger logger = new Logger(ConfigManager.class, LogGroup.Config);
 
     private void translateLegacyIfPresent(Path folderPath) {
         if (!(m_provider instanceof SqlConfigProvider)) {
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ public class ConfigManager {
     }
 
     private static Path getRootFolder() {
-        return Path.of("photonvision_config");
+        return PathManager.getInstance().getRootFolder();
     }
 
     ConfigManager(Path configDirectory, ConfigProvider provider) {
diff --git a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/PathManager.java b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/PathManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a57d13d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/PathManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) Photon Vision.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.photonvision.common.configuration;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import java.time.temporal.TemporalAccessor;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+public class PathManager {
+    private static PathManager INSTANCE;
+
+    final File configDirectoryFile;
+
+    public static PathManager getInstance() {
+        if (INSTANCE == null) {
+            INSTANCE = new PathManager();
+        }
+        return INSTANCE;
+    }
+
+    private PathManager() {
+        this.configDirectoryFile = new File(getRootFolder().toUri());
+    }
+
+    public Path getRootFolder() {
+        return Path.of("photonvision_config");
+    }
+
+    public Path getLogsDir() {
+        return Path.of(configDirectoryFile.toString(), "logs");
+    }
+
+    public static final String LOG_PREFIX = "photonvision-";
+    public static final String LOG_EXT = ".log";
+    public static final String LOG_DATE_TIME_FORMAT = "yyyy-M-d_hh-mm-ss";
+
+    public String taToLogFname(TemporalAccessor date) {
+        var dateString = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(LOG_DATE_TIME_FORMAT).format(date);
+        return LOG_PREFIX + dateString + LOG_EXT;
+    }
+
+    public Path getLogPath() {
+        var logFile = Path.of(this.getLogsDir().toString(), taToLogFname(LocalDateTime.now())).toFile();
+        if (!logFile.getParentFile().exists()) logFile.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+        return logFile.toPath();
+    }
+
+    public Date logFnameToDate(String fname) throws ParseException {
+        // Strip away known unneeded portions of the log file name
+        fname = fname.replace(LOG_PREFIX, "").replace(LOG_EXT, "");
+        DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(LOG_DATE_TIME_FORMAT);
+        return format.parse(fname);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/SqlConfigProvider.java b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/SqlConfigProvider.java
index 3f22e6952..883b3607d 100644
--- a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/SqlConfigProvider.java
+++ b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/SqlConfigProvider.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import org.photonvision.vision.pipeline.DriverModePipelineSettings;
  * <p>Global has one row per global config file (like hardware settings and network settings)
  */
 public class SqlConfigProvider extends ConfigProvider {
-    private final Logger logger = new Logger(SqlConfigProvider.class, LogGroup.Config);
+    private static final Logger logger = new Logger(SqlConfigProvider.class, LogGroup.Config);
 
     static class TableKeys {
         static final String CAM_UNIQUE_NAME = "unique_name";
diff --git a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/logging/Logger.java b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/logging/Logger.java
index b06fea13f..0e2ef96ef 100644
--- a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/logging/Logger.java
+++ b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/logging/Logger.java
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
-import org.photonvision.common.configuration.ConfigManager;
+// import org.photonvision.common.configuration.ConfigManager;
+import org.photonvision.common.configuration.PathManager;
 import org.photonvision.common.dataflow.DataChangeService;
 import org.photonvision.common.dataflow.events.OutgoingUIEvent;
 import org.photonvision.common.util.TimedTaskManager;
@@ -103,8 +104,8 @@ public class Logger {
     static {
         currentAppenders.add(new ConsoleLogAppender());
         currentAppenders.add(uiLogAppender);
-        addFileAppender(ConfigManager.getInstance().getLogPath());
-        cleanLogs(ConfigManager.getInstance().getLogsDir());
+        addFileAppender(PathManager.getInstance().getLogPath());
+        cleanLogs(PathManager.getInstance().getLogsDir());
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("ResultOfMethodCallIgnored")
@@ -133,8 +134,7 @@ public class Logger {
         logFileList.removeIf(
                 (File arg0) -> {
                     try {
-                        logFileStartDateMap.put(
-                                arg0, ConfigManager.getInstance().logFnameToDate(arg0.getName()));
+                        logFileStartDateMap.put(arg0, PathManager.getInstance().logFnameToDate(arg0.getName()));
                         return false;
                     } catch (ParseException e) {
                         return true;