diff --git a/cars/v1/vanilla/templates/config/jvm.options b/cars/v1/vanilla/templates/config/jvm.options
index bd808b9..6e19bb3 100644
--- a/cars/v1/vanilla/templates/config/jvm.options
+++ b/cars/v1/vanilla/templates/config/jvm.options
@@ -104,7 +104,11 @@
 {%- endif %}
 
 # specify an alternative path for JVM fatal error logs
+{%- if log_path is defined %}
+-XX:ErrorFile={{log_path}}/hs_err_pid%p.log
+{%- else %}
 # ${error.file}
+{%- endif %}
 
 ## JDK 8 GC logging