diff --git a/root/dashboard/goaccess.conf b/root/dashboard/goaccess.conf
index 268a554..5861081 100644
--- a/root/dashboard/goaccess.conf
+++ b/root/dashboard/goaccess.conf
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ with-mouse false
 # Specify the path to the input log file. If set, it will take
 # priority over -f from the command line.
 #
-log-file /config/log/nginx/access.log
+#log-file /config/log/nginx/access.log
 
 # Send all debug messages to the specified file.
 #
diff --git a/root/dashboard/www/index.php b/root/dashboard/www/index.php
index 4be246f..7a5ff22 100644
--- a/root/dashboard/www/index.php
+++ b/root/dashboard/www/index.php
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@
             $geodb = '';
         endif;
 
+        $access_log = getenv("GOACCESS_LOG_FILE") ?: "/config/log/nginx/access.log";
         $goaccess = shell_exec("/usr/local/bin/goaccess -a -o html --config-file=/dashboard/goaccess.conf ".$geodb);
         $goaccess = str_replace("<title>Server&nbsp;Statistics", "<title>SWAG&nbsp;Dashboard", $goaccess);
         $goaccess = str_replace("<h1 class='h-dashboard'>", "<h1>", $goaccess);
diff --git a/root/etc/cont-init.d/98-dashboard-config b/root/etc/cont-init.d/98-dashboard-config
index ac11c0e..d238501 100644
--- a/root/etc/cont-init.d/98-dashboard-config
+++ b/root/etc/cont-init.d/98-dashboard-config
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ if [ "$(sed -nE 's|## Version ([0-9]{4}\/[0-9]{2}\/[0-9]{2}).*|\1|p' /dashboard/
     echo "**** Compare the changes using the sample file: /config/nginx/proxy-confs/dashboard.subdomain.conf.sample"
 fi
 
+# preserve environment variables in PHP
+sed -E -i 's/^clear_env =.*$/clear_env = no/g' /config/php/www2.conf
+grep -qxF 'clear_env = no' /config/php/www2.conf || echo 'clear_env = no' >> /config/php/www2.conf
+
 # permissions
 chown -R abc:abc \
   /dashboard \