diff --git a/HPC_setup/create_runscripts_HPC.sh b/HPC_setup/create_runscripts_HPC.sh
index f99ba1d527f59e71671fcf0491054109fa17e001..1322f47d69e213071b7aaaf4e93c24add8705b9d 100755
--- a/HPC_setup/create_runscripts_HPC.sh
+++ b/HPC_setup/create_runscripts_HPC.sh
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ if [[ -z "$new_email" ]]; then
 fi
 
 # create HPC_logging dir
-hpclogging="/HPC_logging/"
-mkdir -p ${cur}${hpclogging}
+hpclogging="HPC_logging/"
+mkdir -p ${cur}/${hpclogging}
 
 
 # ordering for looping:
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ cat <<EOT > ${cur}/run_${hpcsys}_$1.bash
 #SBATCH --account=${budget}
 #SBATCH --nodes=1
 #SBATCH --output=${hpclogging}mlt-out.%j
-#SBATCH --error=${hpclogging}/mlt-err.%j
+#SBATCH --error=${hpclogging}mlt-err.%j
 #SBATCH --time=$3 
 #SBATCH --partition=$1 
 #SBATCH --gres=gpu:$2
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ cat <<EOT > ${cur}/run_${hpcsys}_batch.bash
 #SBATCH --account=${budget}
 #SBATCH --nodes=1
 #SBATCH --output=${hpclogging}mlt-out.%j
-#SBATCH --error=${hpclogging}/mlt-err.%j
+#SBATCH --error=${hpclogging}mlt-err.%j
 #SBATCH --time=08:00:00
 #SBATCH --mail-type=ALL
 #SBATCH --mail-user=${email}