diff --git a/config/logger/files/default.json5 b/config/logger/files/default.json5
index 402dd07..f28e510 100644
--- a/config/logger/files/default.json5
+++ b/config/logger/files/default.json5
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 	// log_location points to the folder which will contain the logs for this automation run.
 	// If it is left as "DEFAULT", then ~/AUTOMATION_LOGS will be used.
 	"log_location": "DEFAULT",
+	"append_lab_and_timestamp": true,  // appends the lab name and timestamp to the log file location
 
 	// Acceptable values are: ERROR, WARNING, INFO, or DEBUG
 	"console_log_level": "DEBUG",	// Level of Logs displayed in the console.
 	"file_log_level": "DEBUG",      // Level of Logs included in log files.
 
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/logger/objects/logger_config.py b/config/logger/objects/logger_config.py
index 1413ff2..67d3e36 100644
--- a/config/logger/objects/logger_config.py
+++ b/config/logger/objects/logger_config.py
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ class LoggerConfig:
             raise ValueError(f"The provided File Log Level is invalid. " f"Please select a value in {log_levels_map.keys()}.")
         self.file_log_level_value = log_levels_map[self.file_log_level]
 
+        self.append_lab_and_timestamp = True
+        if 'append_lab_and_timestamp' in log_dict:
+            self.append_lab_and_timestamp = log_dict['append_lab_and_timestamp']
+
     def get_log_location(self) -> str:
         """
         Getter for the folder where we want to store the log files.
@@ -99,6 +103,14 @@ class LoggerConfig:
         """
         return self.file_log_level_value
 
+    def get_append_lab_and_timestamp(self) -> bool:
+        """
+        Getter to see if we should append lab name and timestamp folders to the log file location
+        Returns:
+
+        """
+        return self.append_lab_and_timestamp
+
     def to_log_strings(self) -> List[str]:
         """
         This function will return a list of strings that can be logged to show all the logger configs.
diff --git a/framework/logging/automation_logger.py b/framework/logging/automation_logger.py
index 6553a35..2410ecc 100644
--- a/framework/logging/automation_logger.py
+++ b/framework/logging/automation_logger.py
@@ -125,8 +125,10 @@ def configure_logger():
     _LOGGER = logging.getLogger('automation_log')
 
     # create the root folder and make the dirs
-    log_root_folder = logger_config.get_log_location()
-    _LOGGER.log_folder = os.path.join(log_root_folder, lab_configuration.get_lab_name(), strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M'))
+    _LOGGER.log_folder = logger_config.get_log_location()
+
+    if logger_config.get_append_lab_and_timestamp():
+        _LOGGER.log_folder = os.path.join(_LOGGER.log_folder, lab_configuration.get_lab_name(), strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M'))
     os.makedirs(_LOGGER.log_folder, exist_ok=True)
 
     log_file = os.path.join(_LOGGER.get_log_folder(), "full_logs.txt")