diff --git a/documentation/src/main/docbook/quickstart/tutorials/osgi/managed-jpa/features.xml b/documentation/src/main/docbook/quickstart/tutorials/osgi/managed-jpa/features.xml
index b38eeb8f5a..9f23d11f40 100755
--- a/documentation/src/main/docbook/quickstart/tutorials/osgi/managed-jpa/features.xml
+++ b/documentation/src/main/docbook/quickstart/tutorials/osgi/managed-jpa/features.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         <config name="org.apache.aries.transaction">
             aries.transaction.recoverable = true
             aries.transaction.timeout = 600
-            aries.transaction.howl.logFileDir = ${karaf.data}/txlog
+            aries.transaction.howl.logFileDir = /tmp/karaf/txlog
             aries.transaction.howl.maxLogFiles = 2
             aries.transaction.howl.maxBlocksPerFile = 512
             aries.transaction.howl.bufferSizeKBytes = 4