diff --git a/DEVELOP.md b/DEVELOP.md
index d87d323..06176a6 100644
--- a/DEVELOP.md
+++ b/DEVELOP.md
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ sh init_dev.sh
 ## 测试开发
 
 ```shell
-sudo PMON2_CONF=config/config-dev.yml ./bin/pmond
-sudo PMON2_CONF=config/config-dev.yml ./bin/pmon2 exec bin/test 
+sudo PMON2_DEBUG=true PMON2_CONF=config/config-dev.yml ./bin/pmond
+sudo PMON2_DEBUG=true PMON2_CONF=config/config-dev.yml ./bin/pmon2 exec bin/test 
 ```
 
 因为 `pmon2` 启动进程使用的是fork/exec,所以需要sudo或root级别权限。
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3d7ce07..560c4cb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ Go官方一直没有提供任何进程管理工具，对于 `Go` 服务的部署
 
 ```bash
 # CentOS6
-sudo yum install -y https://github.com/ntt360/pmon2/releases/download/v1.12.0/pmon2-1.12.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
+sudo yum install -y https://github.com/ntt360/pmon2/releases/download/v1.12.0/pmon2-1.12.1-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
 
 # CentOS7
-sudo yum install -y https://github.com/ntt360/pmon2/releases/download/v1.12.0/pmon2-1.12.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
+sudo yum install -y https://github.com/ntt360/pmon2/releases/download/v1.12.0/pmon2-1.12.1-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
 
 # CentOS8
-sudo yum install -y https://github.com/ntt360/pmon2/releases/download/v1.12.0/pmon2-1.12.0-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
+sudo yum install -y https://github.com/ntt360/pmon2/releases/download/v1.12.0/pmon2-1.12.1-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
 ```
 
 :exclamation::exclamation: **注意：** :exclamation::exclamation:
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ sudo pmon2 run [./二进制文件名] [参数1] [参数2] ...
 // 进程运行日志，不配置则使用默认路径：/var/log/pmon2/
 --log   -l
 
+// 仅自定义日志目录，优先级低于 --log
+--log_dir -d
+
 // 进程自定义参数，多个参数以空格分割
 --args  -a "-arg1=val1 -arg2=val2"
 
diff --git a/app/executor/executor.go b/app/executor/executor.go
index 7c84b29..5fad519 100644
--- a/app/executor/executor.go
+++ b/app/executor/executor.go
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 )
 
-func Exec(processFile, customLogFile, name, extArgs string, user *user.User, autoRestart bool) (*model.Process, error) {
-	logPath, err := getLogPath(customLogFile, crypto.Crc32Hash(processFile))
+func Exec(processFile, customLogFile, name, extArgs string, user *user.User, autoRestart bool, logDir string) (*model.Process, error) {
+	logPath, err := getLogPath(customLogFile, crypto.Crc32Hash(processFile), logDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/app/executor/process_log.go b/app/executor/process_log.go
index e02b2de..2561ba3 100644
--- a/app/executor/process_log.go
+++ b/app/executor/process_log.go
@@ -10,8 +10,13 @@ import (
 
 const logSuffix = ".log"
 
-func getLogPath(customLogFile string, hash string) (string, error) {
-	prjDir := strings.TrimRight(app.Config.GetLogsDir(), "/")
+func getLogPath(customLogFile string, hash string, logDir string) (string, error) {
+	if len(logDir) <= 0 {
+		app.Log.Debugf("custom log dir: %s \n", logDir)
+		logDir = app.Config.GetLogsDir()
+	}
+
+	prjDir := strings.TrimRight(logDir, "/")
 	if len(customLogFile) <= 0 {
 		_, err := os.Stat(prjDir)
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
@@ -23,6 +28,8 @@ func getLogPath(customLogFile string, hash string) (string, error) {
 		customLogFile = prjDir + "/" + hash + logSuffix
 	}
 
+	app.Log.Debugf("log file is: %s \n", customLogFile)
+
 	return customLogFile, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/app/god/monitor.go b/app/god/monitor.go
index 634135c..eac719c 100644
--- a/app/god/monitor.go
+++ b/app/god/monitor.go
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ func checkFork(process model.Process) bool {
 }
 
 func restartProcess(p model.Process) error {
-	//fmt.Printf("Monitor: try get process (%d) status \n", p.Pid)
 	_, err := os.Stat(fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/status", p.Pid))
 	if err == nil { // process already running
 		//fmt.Printf("Monitor: process (%d) already running \n", p.Pid)
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ func restartProcess(p model.Process) error {
 
 	// proc status file not exit
 	if os.IsNotExist(err) && (p.Status == model.StatusRunning || p.Status == model.StatusFailed) {
-		//fmt.Printf("Monitor: process not exist %s \n", p.Status)
 		if checkFork(p) {
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -114,8 +112,7 @@ func restartProcess(p model.Process) error {
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		//fmt.Printf("try to restart process %d \n", p.Pid)
-		_, err := process2.TryStart(p)
+		_, err := process2.TryStart(p, "")
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/app/model/exec_flags.go b/app/model/exec_flags.go
index 6430dca..06da2f9 100644
--- a/app/model/exec_flags.go
+++ b/app/model/exec_flags.go
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ import "encoding/json"
 type ExecFlags struct {
 	User          string `json:"user"`
 	Log           string `json:"log"`
+	LogDir        string `json:"log_dir"`
 	NoAutoRestart bool   `json:"no_auto_restart"`
 	Args          string `json:"args"`
 	Name          string `json:"name"`
 }
 
-func (ExecFlags) Parse(jsonStr string) (*ExecFlags, error) {
+func (e *ExecFlags) Parse(jsonStr string) (*ExecFlags, error) {
 	var m ExecFlags
 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonStr), &m)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/app/svc/process/process.go b/app/svc/process/process.go
index f0a08ce..aca06d7 100644
--- a/app/svc/process/process.go
+++ b/app/svc/process/process.go
@@ -11,16 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 )
 
-func FindByProcessFile(pFile string) *model.Process {
-	var rel model.Process
-	err := app.Db().First(&rel, "process_file = ?", pFile).Error
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	return &rel
-}
-
 func IsRunning(pid int) bool {
 	_, err := os.Stat(fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/status", pid))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -30,7 +20,7 @@ func IsRunning(pid int) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-func TryStop(forced bool, p *model.Process ) error {
+func TryStop(forced bool, p *model.Process) error {
 	var cmd *exec.Cmd
 	if forced {
 		cmd = exec.Command("kill", "-9", strconv.Itoa(p.Pid))
@@ -48,7 +38,7 @@ func TryStop(forced bool, p *model.Process ) error {
 	return app.Db().Save(p).Error
 }
 
-func TryStart(m model.Process) ([]string, error) {
+func TryStart(m model.Process, flags string) ([]string, error) {
 	var flagsModel = model.ExecFlags{
 		User:          m.Username,
 		Log:           m.Log,
@@ -57,6 +47,25 @@ func TryStart(m model.Process) ([]string, error) {
 		Name:          m.Name,
 	}
 
+	if len(flags) > 0 {
+		app.Log.Debugf("start with flags: %s \n", flags)
+		execFlags := model.ExecFlags{}
+		curFlag, err := execFlags.Parse(flags)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		if len(curFlag.Log) > 0 {
+			flagsModel.Log = curFlag.Log
+		}
+
+		// log dir
+		if len(curFlag.LogDir) > 0 && len(curFlag.Log) == 0 {
+			flagsModel.LogDir = curFlag.LogDir
+			flagsModel.Log = ""
+		}
+	}
+
 	data, err := proxy.RunProcess([]string{"restart", m.ProcessFile, flagsModel.Json()})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/client/cmd/exec/exec.go b/client/cmd/exec/exec.go
index a35a11e..5ccc6dd 100644
--- a/client/cmd/exec/exec.go
+++ b/client/cmd/exec/exec.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ func init() {
 	Cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&flag.Log, "log", "l", "", "the process stdout log")
 	Cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&flag.Args, "args", "a", "", "the process extra arguments")
 	Cmd.Flags().StringVar(&flag.Name, "name", "", "run process name")
+	Cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&flag.LogDir, "log_dir", "d", "", "the process stdout log dir")
 }
 
 func cmdRun(args []string, flags string) {
diff --git a/client/cmd/restart/restart.go b/client/cmd/restart/restart.go
index e503907..fe1c88d 100644
--- a/client/cmd/restart/restart.go
+++ b/client/cmd/restart/restart.go
@@ -10,15 +10,22 @@ import (
 	"os"
 )
 
+var flag model.ExecFlags
+
 var Cmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "restart",
 	Short: "restart some process by id or name",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		cmdRun(args)
+		cmdRun(args, flag.Json())
 	},
 }
 
-func cmdRun(args []string) {
+func init() {
+	Cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&flag.LogDir, "log_dir", "d", "", "the process stdout log dir")
+	Cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&flag.Log, "log", "l", "", "the process stdout log")
+}
+
+func cmdRun(args []string, flags string) {
 	if len(args) == 0 {
 		app.Log.Fatal("please input restart process id or name")
 	}
@@ -36,7 +43,7 @@ func cmdRun(args []string) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	rel, err := process.TryStart(m)
+	rel, err := process.TryStart(m, flags)
 	if err != nil {
 		if len(os.Getenv("PMON2_DEBUG")) > 0 {
 			app.Log.Fatalf("%+v", err)
diff --git a/client/cmd/start/start.go b/client/cmd/start/start.go
index 6c4b7cf..1233aa3 100644
--- a/client/cmd/start/start.go
+++ b/client/cmd/start/start.go
@@ -10,15 +10,22 @@ import (
 	"os"
 )
 
+var flag model.ExecFlags
+
 var Cmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "start",
 	Short: "start some process by id or name",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		cmdRun(args)
+		cmdRun(args, flag.Json())
 	},
 }
 
-func cmdRun(args []string) {
+func init() {
+	Cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&flag.LogDir, "log_dir", "d", "", "the process stdout log dir")
+	Cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&flag.Log, "log", "l", "", "the process stdout log")
+}
+
+func cmdRun(args []string, flags string) {
 	if len(args) == 0 {
 		app.Log.Fatal("please input start process id or name")
 	}
@@ -39,7 +46,7 @@ func cmdRun(args []string) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	rel, err := process.TryStart(m)
+	rel, err := process.TryStart(m, flags)
 	if err != nil {
 		if len(os.Getenv("PMON2_DEBUG")) > 0 {
 			app.Log.Fatalf("%+v", err)
diff --git a/client/proxy/proxy.go b/client/proxy/proxy.go
index b6f38ef..7b14ed7 100644
--- a/client/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/client/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ func RunProcess(args []string) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	var output string
 
-	flagModel, err := model.ExecFlags{}.Parse(args[2])
+	flags := model.ExecFlags{}
+	flagModel, err := flags.Parse(args[2])
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
diff --git a/client/worker/restart.go b/client/worker/restart.go
index edba531..afa134b 100644
--- a/client/worker/restart.go
+++ b/client/worker/restart.go
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ func Restart(pFile string, flags *model.ExecFlags) (string, error) {
 		m.Log = cstLog
 	}
 
+	// if reset log dir
+	if len(flags.LogDir) > 0 && len(flags.Log) == 0 {
+		m.Log = ""
+	}
+
 	cstName := flags.Name
 	if len(cstName) > 0 && cstName != m.Name {
 		m.Name = cstName
@@ -42,7 +47,7 @@ func Restart(pFile string, flags *model.ExecFlags) (string, error) {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	process, err := executor.Exec(m.ProcessFile, m.Log, m.Name, m.Args, runUser, !flags.NoAutoRestart)
+	process, err := executor.Exec(m.ProcessFile, m.Log, m.Name, m.Args, runUser, !flags.NoAutoRestart, flags.LogDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/client/worker/start.go b/client/worker/start.go
index ea63c88..d261a82 100644
--- a/client/worker/start.go
+++ b/client/worker/start.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func Start(processFile string, flags *model.ExecFlags) (string, error) {
 		return "", errors.Errorf("process name: %s already exist, please set other name by --name", name)
 	}
 	// start process
-	process, err := executor.Exec(processFile, flags.Log, name, flags.Args, runUser, !flags.NoAutoRestart)
+	process, err := executor.Exec(processFile, flags.Log, name, flags.Args, runUser, !flags.NoAutoRestart, flags.LogDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/pmond/pmond.go b/cmd/pmond/pmond.go
index 17d44ef..26932e3 100644
--- a/cmd/pmond/pmond.go
+++ b/cmd/pmond/pmond.go
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
+	log.Printf("pmon2 daemon is running! \n")
+
 	// start monitor process file
 	god.NewMonitor()
 }
diff --git a/init_dev.sh b/init_dev.sh
index 15d9df1..089c813 100755
--- a/init_dev.sh
+++ b/init_dev.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set -e
 
 rootDir=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")"; pwd)
 
-rm -rf "$rootDir/config/config-dev.yml"
+sudo rm -rf "$rootDir/config/config-dev.yml" "$rootDir/tmp"
 
 # 写配置
 cd "config"
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ fi
 mkdir -p "$logs"
 
 # build go bin
+go mod tidy
 go build -o bin/pmon2 cmd/pmon2/pmon2.go
 go build -o bin/pmond cmd/pmond/pmond.go
 # `bin/test` 进程是用于测试模拟的业务进程，开发也可以测试自己的业务进程。