diff --git a/api/geth_backend.go b/api/geth_backend.go
index 62b5c45c31f..875f24ad6c5 100644
--- a/api/geth_backend.go
+++ b/api/geth_backend.go
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ func (b *GethStatusBackend) startNodeWithKey(acc multiaccounts.Account, password
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	if err := logutils.OverrideRootLogWithConfig(conf, false); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -372,6 +373,15 @@ func (b *GethStatusBackend) loadNodeConfig() (*params.NodeConfig, error) {
 	// which is set at the compile time.
 	// What's cached is usually outdated so we overwrite it here.
 	conf.Version = params.Version
+	conf.DataDir = filepath.Join(b.rootDataDir, conf.DataDir)
+	conf.ShhextConfig.BackupDisabledDataDir = filepath.Join(b.rootDataDir, conf.ShhextConfig.BackupDisabledDataDir)
+	if len(conf.LogDir) == 0 {
+		conf.LogFile = filepath.Join(b.rootDataDir, conf.LogFile)
+	} else {
+		conf.LogFile = filepath.Join(conf.LogDir, conf.LogFile)
+	}
+	conf.KeyStoreDir = filepath.Join(b.rootDataDir, conf.KeyStoreDir)
+
 	return &conf, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/api/nimbus_backend.go b/api/nimbus_backend.go
index 611b645b5a4..ed3cda16dbe 100644
--- a/api/nimbus_backend.go
+++ b/api/nimbus_backend.go
@@ -366,6 +366,17 @@ func (b *nimbusStatusBackend) loadNodeConfig() (*params.NodeConfig, error) {
 	// which is set at the compile time.
 	// What's cached is usually outdated so we overwrite it here.
 	conf.Version = params.Version
+	
+	// Replace all relative paths with absolute	
+	conf.DataDir = filepath.Join(b.rootDataDir, conf.DataDir)
+	conf.ShhextConfig.BackupDisabledDataDir = filepath.Join(b.rootDataDir, conf.ShhextConfig.BackupDisabledDataDir)
+	if len(conf.LogDir) == 0 {
+		conf.LogFile = filepath.Join(b.rootDataDir, conf.LogFile)
+	} else {
+		conf.LogFile = filepath.Join(conf.LogDir, conf.LogFile)
+	}
+	conf.KeyStoreDir = filepath.Join(b.rootDataDir, conf.KeyStoreDir)
+
 	return &conf, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/params/config.go b/params/config.go
index bcd15885317..0e4c35bd4a7 100644
--- a/params/config.go
+++ b/params/config.go
@@ -386,6 +386,9 @@ type NodeConfig struct {
 	// LogMobileSystem enables log redirection to android/ios system logger.
 	LogMobileSystem bool
 
+	// LogFile is a folder which contains LogFile
+	LogDir string
+
 	// LogFile is filename where exposed logs get written to
 	LogFile string