diff --git a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/server_utils/island_logger.py b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/server_utils/island_logger.py
index dff77f628..1e8b9b86e 100644
--- a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/server_utils/island_logger.py
+++ b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/server_utils/island_logger.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import logging.config
 import os
 from copy import deepcopy
-from typing import Dict
+
+ISLAND_LOG_FILENAME = "monkey_island.log"
 
 LOGGER_CONFIG_DICT = {
     "version": 1,
@@ -13,15 +14,13 @@ LOGGER_CONFIG_DICT = {
         }
     },
     "handlers": {
-        "console": {
+        "console_handler": {
             "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
-            "level": "DEBUG",
             "formatter": "simple",
             "stream": "ext://sys.stdout",
         },
-        "info_file_handler": {
+        "file_handler": {
             "class": "logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler",
-            "level": "INFO",
             "formatter": "simple",
             "filename": None,  # set in setup_logging()
             "maxBytes": 10485760,
@@ -29,7 +28,10 @@ LOGGER_CONFIG_DICT = {
             "encoding": "utf8",
         },
     },
-    "root": {"level": None, "handlers": ["console", "info_file_handler"]},  # set in setup_logging()
+    "root": {
+        "level": None,  # set in setup_logging()
+        "handlers": ["console_handler", "file_handler"],
+    },
 }
 
 
@@ -43,18 +45,9 @@ def setup_logging(data_dir_path, log_level):
 
     logger_configuration = deepcopy(LOGGER_CONFIG_DICT)
 
-    logger_configuration["handlers"]["info_file_handler"]["filename"] = os.path.join(
-        data_dir_path, "monkey_island.log"
+    logger_configuration["handlers"]["file_handler"]["filename"] = os.path.join(
+        data_dir_path, ISLAND_LOG_FILENAME
     )
     logger_configuration["root"]["level"] = log_level
-    _expanduser_log_file_paths(logger_configuration)
 
     logging.config.dictConfig(logger_configuration)
-
-
-def _expanduser_log_file_paths(config: Dict):
-    handlers = config.get("handlers", {})
-
-    for handler_settings in handlers.values():
-        if "filename" in handler_settings:
-            handler_settings["filename"] = os.path.expanduser(handler_settings["filename"])
diff --git a/monkey/tests/monkey_island/cc/server_utils/test_island_logger.py b/monkey/tests/monkey_island/cc/server_utils/test_island_logger.py
index 3dd7e9570..9bcdf71f1 100644
--- a/monkey/tests/monkey_island/cc/server_utils/test_island_logger.py
+++ b/monkey/tests/monkey_island/cc/server_utils/test_island_logger.py
@@ -1,29 +1,38 @@
 import logging
 import os
 
-import pytest
-
-from monkey_island.cc.server_utils.island_logger import setup_logging
+from monkey_island.cc.server_utils.island_logger import ISLAND_LOG_FILENAME, setup_logging
 
 
-# TODO move into monkey/monkey_island/cc/test_common/fixtures after rebase/backmerge
-@pytest.fixture
-def mock_home_env(monkeypatch, tmpdir):
-    monkeypatch.setenv("HOME", str(tmpdir))
-
-
-def test_expanduser_filename(mock_home_env, tmpdir):
+def test_setup_logging_log_level_debug(tmpdir):
     DATA_DIR = tmpdir
-    INFO_LOG = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, "monkey_island.log")
+    LOG_FILE = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, ISLAND_LOG_FILENAME)
     LOG_LEVEL = "DEBUG"
-    TEST_STRING = "Hello, Monkey!"
+    TEST_STRING = "Hello, Monkey! (Log level: debug)"
 
     setup_logging(DATA_DIR, LOG_LEVEL)
 
     logger = logging.getLogger("TestLogger")
-    logger.info(TEST_STRING)
+    logger.debug(TEST_STRING)
 
-    assert os.path.isfile(INFO_LOG)
-    with open(INFO_LOG, "r") as f:
+    assert os.path.isfile(LOG_FILE)
+    with open(LOG_FILE, "r") as f:
         line = f.readline()
         assert TEST_STRING in line
+
+
+def test_setup_logging_log_level_info(tmpdir):
+    DATA_DIR = tmpdir
+    LOG_FILE = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, ISLAND_LOG_FILENAME)
+    LOG_LEVEL = "INFO"
+    TEST_STRING = "Hello, Monkey! (Log level: info)"
+
+    setup_logging(DATA_DIR, LOG_LEVEL)
+
+    logger = logging.getLogger("TestLogger")
+    logger.debug(TEST_STRING)
+
+    assert os.path.isfile(LOG_FILE)
+    with open(LOG_FILE, "r") as f:
+        line = f.readline()
+        assert TEST_STRING not in line