diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7c07843..b917769 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # ignore temporary files
 *~ 
+*.txt
 
 # ignore logs and configuration files
 *.out
diff --git a/Hermes/Makefile b/Hermes/Makefile
index fdd9a07..c580a71 100644
--- a/Hermes/Makefile
+++ b/Hermes/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Remove temporary files
 clean:
-	rm -rf *~ *.out *.conf
+	rm -rf *~ *.out *.conf *.txt
diff --git a/Hermes/server.rkt b/Hermes/server.rkt
index df1cf26..9b1a171 100644
--- a/Hermes/server.rkt
+++ b/Hermes/server.rkt
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@
 (define messages-s (make-semaphore 1))  ;; control access to messages
 
 ; two files to store error messages, and channel conversations
-(define error-out (open-output-file "/home/pcuser/Hermes/Hermes/error_server.txt" #:exists 'append))
-(define convs-out (open-output-file "/home/pcuser/Hermes/Hermes/conversations_server.txt" #:exists 'append))
+(define error-out (open-output-file "./error_server.txt" #:exists 'append))
+(define convs-out (open-output-file "./conversations_server.txt" #:exists 'append))
 (define error-out-s (make-semaphore 1))
 (define convs-out-s (make-semaphore 1))
 ; TODO finish logging all error related messages to