diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 06f103cfc..3c056d23f 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ add_web_user() {
 		echo "Attempting to add administrator user for web interface...";
 		echo "$WEBPASSWD1" | /usr/sbin/so-user add "$WEBUSER";
 		echo "Add user result: $?";
-	} >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
+	} >> "/root/so-user-add.log" 2>&1
 }
 
 # Create an secrets pillar so that passwords survive re-install