diff --git a/ccm-core/src/log4j2.properties b/ccm-core/src/log4j2.properties
index 2b0f2a12e..0172c8ced 100755
--- a/ccm-core/src/log4j2.properties
+++ b/ccm-core/src/log4j2.properties
@@ -1,16 +1,35 @@
 # To customize logging, copy this file to
 # $CCM_HOME/WEB-INF/log4j2.properties and edit it appropriately.
 
+
+name=LibreCCM Log4j2 Configuration
+#property.filename = logs
+appenders = console
+#appenders = console, file
+
+appender.console.type = Console
+appender.console.name = STDOUT
+appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
+appender.console.layout.pattern = %d{ISO8601} [%5.5t] %-5p %c{2} - %m%n
+
+#appender.file.type = File
+#appender.file.name = LOGFILE
+#appender.file.filename = ${filename}/ccm.log
+#appender.file.layout.type = PatternLayout
+#appender.file.layout.pattern = %d{ISO8601} [%5.5t] %-5p %c{2} - %m%n
+
+rootLogger.level = WARN
+rootLogger.appenderRefs = stdout
+rootLogger.appenderRefs.stdout.ref = STDOUT
+
+#logger.com.arsdigita.web.CCMApplicationContextListener.level = ERROR
 # Choose one of the following lines, or make up your own...
 #log4j.rootCategory=WARN, console, file
 #log4j.rootCategory=WARN, syslog
 #log4j.rootCategory=WARN, console
-log4j.rootCategory=ERROR, console
 
 # Sets up a console (standard out) appender.
-log4j.appender.console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} [%5.5t] %-5p %c{2} - %m%n
-log4j.appender.console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+
 
 # Sends messages to a file.  Uncomment this block & the alternate
 # 'log4j.rootCategory' line above.
@@ -34,7 +53,7 @@ log4j.appender.console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 # Widely used logging output
 # ==========================
 # For seeing progress of container startup process
-log4j.logger.com.arsdigita.web.CCMApplicationContextListener=ERROR
+#log4j.logger.com.arsdigita.web.CCMApplicationContextListener=ERROR
 
 # For seeing progress of main runtime initialization process
 #log4j.logger.com.arsdigita.runtime.CCMResourceManager=INFO