diff --git a/csst_common/data_manager.py b/csst_common/data_manager.py
index fa54dcd8592780a7bea7bf2ed0ab9836e291f2c1..8e9526172b339cfc9a8199cc3a4241507ff37bad 100644
--- a/csst_common/data_manager.py
+++ b/csst_common/data_manager.py
@@ -247,7 +247,9 @@ class CsstMsDataManager:
             self.clear_dir(self.dir_l1)
 
         # L1 whitelist
-        self.l1_whitelist = []
+        self.l1_whitelist = [
+            self.l1_file(name="csst-l1")
+        ]
         for detector in self.target_detectors:
             if self.datatype == "mbi":
                 self.l1_whitelist.append(self.l1_detector(detector=detector, post="img_L1.fits"))
@@ -263,13 +265,13 @@ class CsstMsDataManager:
             self.logger_ppl = get_logger(name="CSST L1 Pipeline Logger", filename="")
         else:
             self.logger_ppl = get_logger(name="CSST L1 Pipeline Logger", filename=os.path.join(dir_l1, log_ppl))
-            self.l1_whitelist.append(log_ppl)
+            self.l1_whitelist.append(os.path.join(dir_l1, log_ppl))
         # module logger
         if log_mod == "":
             self.logger_mod = get_logger(name="CSST L1 Module Logger", filename="")
         else:
             self.logger_mod = get_logger(name="CSST L1 Module Logger", filename=os.path.join(dir_l1, log_mod))
-            self.l1_whitelist.append(log_mod)
+            self.l1_whitelist.append(os.path.join(dir_l1, log_mod))
 
         self.custom_bias = None
         self.custom_dark = None