diff --git a/deploy/deploy-peer/src/main/resources/config/init/bftsmart.config b/deploy/deploy-peer/src/main/resources/config/init/bftsmart.config
index 3bafbaee..d2820acd 100644
--- a/deploy/deploy-peer/src/main/resources/config/init/bftsmart.config
+++ b/deploy/deploy-peer/src/main/resources/config/init/bftsmart.config
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ system.totalordermulticast.timeout_highMark = 200
 
 system.totalordermulticast.log = true
 system.totalordermulticast.log_parallel = false
-system.totalordermulticast.log_to_disk = true
+system.totalordermulticast.log_to_disk = false
 system.totalordermulticast.sync_log = false
 
 #Period at which BFT-SMaRt requests the state to the application (for the state transfer state protocol)