diff --git a/azkaban-exec-server/src/main/bash/start-exec.sh b/azkaban-exec-server/src/main/bash/start-exec.sh
index d8f0f73..9af18cd 100755
--- a/azkaban-exec-server/src/main/bash/start-exec.sh
+++ b/azkaban-exec-server/src/main/bash/start-exec.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#!/bin/bash
# pass along command line arguments to azkaban-executor-start.sh script
-bin/azkaban-executor-start.sh "$@" 2>&1>logs/executorServerLog__`date +%F+%T`.out &
+bin/azkaban-executor-start.sh "$@" >logs/executorServerLog__`date +%F+%T`.out 2>&1 &
diff --git a/azkaban-web-server/src/main/bash/start-web.sh b/azkaban-web-server/src/main/bash/start-web.sh
index b063aaa..9812790 100755
--- a/azkaban-web-server/src/main/bash/start-web.sh
+++ b/azkaban-web-server/src/main/bash/start-web.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
base_dir=$(dirname $0)/..
-bin/azkaban-web-start.sh $base_dir 2>&1>logs/webServerLog_`date +%F+%T`.out &
+bin/azkaban-web-start.sh $base_dir >logs/webServerLog_`date +%F+%T`.out 2>&1 &
