diff --git a/ebextensions/tomcatlogs.config b/ebextensions/tomcatlogs.config
index 49428f9..8a3b3e6 100644
--- a/ebextensions/tomcatlogs.config
+++ b/ebextensions/tomcatlogs.config
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #### the Log Stream name as the instance id. The following files are examples of logs that will be
 #### streamed to CloudWatch Logs in near real time:
 #### 
-#### /var/log/tomcat8/catalina.out
+#### /var/log/tomcat/catalina.out
 #### 
 #### You can then access the CloudWatch Logs by accessing the AWS CloudWatch Console and clicking
 #### the "Logs" link on the left. The Log Group name will follow this format:
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 #### http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/AWSHowTo.cloudwatchlogs.html
 ###################################################################################################
 
+packages:
+  yum:
+    awslogs: []
+
 files:
   "/etc/awslogs/config/tomcatlogs.conf" :
     mode: "000644"
@@ -23,9 +27,32 @@ files:
       [/var/log/tomcat8/catalina.out]
       log_group_name=`{"Fn::Join":["/", ["/aws/elasticbeanstalk", { "Ref":"AWSEBEnvironmentName" }, "var/log/tomcat8/catalina.out"]]}`
       log_stream_name={instance_id}
-      file=/var/log/tomcat8/catalina.out*
+      file=/var/log/tomcat/catalina.out*
+
+  "/etc/rsyslog.d/catalina.conf":
+    mode: "0644"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    content: |
+      #redirect tomcat logs to /var/log/tomcat/catalina.out discarding timestamps since the messages already have them
+      template(name="catalinalog" type="string"
+          string="%msg%\n")
+      if $programname  == 'server' then {
+        *.=warning;*.=err;*.=crit;*.=alert;*.=emerg /var/log/tomcat/catalina.out;catalinalog
+        *.=info;*.=notice /var/log/tomcat/catalina.out;catalinalog
+       }
 
 commands:
-  "01_restart_awslogs":
-    command: service awslogs restart
+  "02a_systemctl_start_awslogsd":
+    command: systemctl start awslogsd
+    ignoreErrors: true
+
+  "02b_systemctl_enable_awslogsd_service":
+    command: systemctl enable awslogsd.service
+    ignoreErrors: true
+
+  "02c_restart_awslogs":
+    command: service awslogsd restart
 
+  "03_restart_rsyslog":
+    command: systemctl restart rsyslog