diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/tools/xCATreg b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/tools/xCATreg
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 9bfc217db..70953d9b2
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/tools/xCATreg
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/tools/xCATreg
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ sub trim {
 sub send_msg {
     my $msg = shift;
     my $data = `date`;
-    open (LOGFILE, ">> xcatreg.lob");
+    open (LOGFILE, ">> /home/xcatreg.lob");
     print LOGFILE "$data : $msg.\n";
     close LOGFILE;
 }