diff --git a/service-mgmt/sm-common/src/sm_debug.c b/service-mgmt/sm-common/src/sm_debug.c
index 2da492bd..1ac66b28 100644
--- a/service-mgmt/sm-common/src/sm_debug.c
+++ b/service-mgmt/sm-common/src/sm_debug.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ typedef struct
 {
     bool inuse;
     uint64_t log_seqnum;
-    u_int64_t service_log_seqnum;
+    uint64_t service_log_seqnum;
     char thread_name[SM_THREAD_NAME_MAX_CHAR];
     int thread_id;
     char thread_identifier[SM_THREAD_NAME_MAX_CHAR+10];
diff --git a/service-mgmt/sm-common/src/sm_debug_thread.c b/service-mgmt/sm-common/src/sm_debug_thread.c
index 629f41f3..cb0638c0 100644
--- a/service-mgmt/sm-common/src/sm_debug_thread.c
+++ b/service-mgmt/sm-common/src/sm_debug_thread.c
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@
 #define SM_SYSLOG( format, args... ) \
     syslog( LOG_LOCAL3 | LOG_DEBUG, format "\n", ##args )
 
-#define SM_WRITE_SYSLOG( format, args... ) \
-    syslog( LOG_LOCAL3 | LOG_DEBUG, format "\n", ##args )
-
-#define SM_WRITE_SERVICELOG( format, args... ) \
-    syslog( LOG_LOCAL0 | LOG_DEBUG, format "\n", ##args )
-
 #define SM_WRITE_SCHEDLOG( format, args... ) \
     fprintf( _sched_log, format "\n", ##args ); \
     fflush( _sched_log )
@@ -89,8 +83,8 @@ static void sm_debug_thread_dispatch( int selobj, int64_t user_data )
 
             sm_time_get( &time_prev );
 
-            SM_WRITE_SYSLOG( "time[%ld.%03ld] log<%" PRIu64 "> %s",
-                             (long) msg.u.log.ts_mono.tv_sec, 
+            SM_SYSLOG( "time[%ld.%03ld] log<%" PRIu64 "> %s",
+                             (long) msg.u.log.ts_mono.tv_sec,
                              (long) msg.u.log.ts_mono.tv_nsec/1000000,
                              msg.u.log.seqnum, msg.u.log.data );
 
@@ -132,7 +126,7 @@ static void sm_debug_thread_dispatch( int selobj, int64_t user_data )
 
             sm_time_get( &time_prev );
 
-            SM_WRITE_SERVICELOG( "time[%ld.%03ld] log<%" PRIu64 "> %s",
+            SM_SYSLOG( "time[%ld.%03ld] sm_svc_log<%" PRIu64 "> %s",
                              (long) msg.u.log.ts_mono.tv_sec,
                              (long) msg.u.log.ts_mono.tv_nsec/1000000,
                              msg.u.log.seqnum, msg.u.log.data );
diff --git a/service-mgmt/sm/src/scripts/sm.syslog b/service-mgmt/sm/src/scripts/sm.syslog
index 4191c514..a5b669c8 100644
--- a/service-mgmt/sm/src/scripts/sm.syslog
+++ b/service-mgmt/sm/src/scripts/sm.syslog
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #SM log filters
-filter f_smsvc   { facility(local0) and program(sm); };
+filter f_smsvc  { facility(local3) and match("sm_svc_log.*"); };
+filter f_local3 { facility(local3) and not filter(f_smsvc); };
 
 #SM log destinaions
 destination d_smsvc     { file("/var/log/sm-service.log"); };
+destination d_sm        { file("/var/log/sm.log"); };
 
 #SM log paths
 log { source(s_src); filter(f_smsvc); destination(d_smsvc); };
-
+log { source(s_src); filter(f_local3); destination(d_sm); };