diff --git a/hack/test-config.sh b/hack/test-config.sh
index 2f700e0e..a534998a 100644
--- a/hack/test-config.sh
+++ b/hack/test-config.sh
@@ -67,13 +67,14 @@ CLIENTIMAGE_AUTO_DELETE=${CLIENTIMAGE_AUTO_DELETE:-true}
 SIMIMAGE_AUTO_DELETE=${SIMIMAGE_AUTO_DELETE:-true}
 
 #log collection parameter
-DIR_ROOT=${DIR_ROOT:-"~"}
+DIR_ROOT=${DIR_ROOT:-"$HOME"}
 SIM_LOG_DIR=${SIM_LOG_DIR:-"${DIR_ROOT}/logs"}
 SERVER_LOG_DIR=${SERVER_LOG_DIR:-"${DIR_ROOT}/logs"}
 CLIENT_LOG_DIR=${CLIENT_LOG_DIR:-"${DIR_ROOT}/logs"}
 DES_LOG_DIR=${DES_LOG_DIR:-"${DIR_ROOT}/grs/logs/${SERVER_NUM}se${SIM_NUM}si${CLIENT_NUM}cl"}
 DES_LOG_INSTANCE=${DES_LOG_INSTANCE:-"sonyadev4"}
 DES_LOG_INSTANCE_ZONE=${DES_LOG_INSTANCE_ZONE:-"us-central1-a"}
+LOCAL_LOG_ONLY=${LOCAL_LOG_ONLY:-false}
 
 
 #rune2e parameter
diff --git a/hack/test-loganalysis.sh b/hack/test-loganalysis.sh
index 8ef4339e..2bc118db 100755
--- a/hack/test-loganalysis.sh
+++ b/hack/test-loganalysis.sh
@@ -158,4 +158,4 @@ for name in $( ls | grep server);do
 
 done
 
-echo "Please check generated csv report under ./csv/${csv_name}"
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "Please check generated csv report under ${DESTINATION}/csv/${csv_name}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hack/test-logcollect.sh b/hack/test-logcollect.sh
index bd066258..d94cfa48 100755
--- a/hack/test-logcollect.sh
+++ b/hack/test-logcollect.sh
@@ -116,10 +116,15 @@ if [ ${SIM_NUM} -gt 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 "${GRS_ROOT}/hack/test-loganalysis.sh"
-echo "Copying logs to destination instance."
-copy-logs "${DES_LOG_INSTANCE}" "${DES_LOG_INSTANCE_ZONE}" "${DESTINATION}" "${DES_LOG_DIR}"
-echo "Removing local copy from ${DESTINATION}"
-sudo rm -r "${DESTINATION}"
+if [ "${LOCAL_LOG_ONLY}" == "true" ]; then
+        echo "All logs copied to local dev machine:${DESTINATION}"
+else
+        echo "Copying logs to destination instance."
+        copy-logs "${DES_LOG_INSTANCE}" "${DES_LOG_INSTANCE_ZONE}" "${DESTINATION}" "${DES_LOG_DIR}"
+        echo "All logs copied to ${DES_LOG_INSTANCE}:${DESTINATION}"
+        echo "Removing local copy from ${DESTINATION}"
+        sudo rm -r "${DESTINATION}"
+fi