diff --git a/scripts/automatic_populatedb_prod.sh b/scripts/automatic_populatedb_prod.sh
index 06aec4f06..861987451 100755
--- a/scripts/automatic_populatedb_prod.sh
+++ b/scripts/automatic_populatedb_prod.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ SHELL=/bin/sh
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
 log_file="/etc/lantern/logs/automatic_populatedb_prod_logs.txt"
 current_datetime=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+LOGFILE=populatedb_logs_$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).txt
 
 #update source data from endpoint source list and NPPES
 cd ../resources/prod_resources
@@ -57,4 +58,4 @@ rm -f npidata_pfile
 
 echo "$current_datetime - done" >> $log_file
 
-docker cp lantern-back-end_endpoint_manager_1:/etc/lantern/populatedb_logs.txt /etc/lantern/logs/
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+docker cp lantern-back-end_endpoint_manager_1:/etc/lantern/populatedb_logs.txt /etc/lantern/logs/populatedb_logs/${LOGFILE}
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