diff --git a/pdb-ui/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/pdb-ui/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
index 5de201a..342883c 100644
--- a/pdb-ui/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ b/pdb-ui/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,27 @@
     <Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
       <PatternLayout pattern="%d %5p [%-20.20t] %-30.30c{1.} : %m%n"/>
     </Console>
+    <RollingRandomAccessFile name="logfile" 
+            fileName="${sys:logDir}/pdb.log" 
+            filePattern="${sys:logDir}/pdb.%d{yyyy-MM-dd_HHmmss}.log.zip">
+            <PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} [%t] %-5p %c{1.1} - %m%n"
+                           charset="UTF-8"/>
+            <Policies>
+                <OnStartupTriggeringPolicy/>
+                <CronTriggeringPolicy schedule="0 0 0 * * ?"/><!-- triggers every day at midnight -->
+            </Policies>
+			<DefaultRolloverStrategy>
+				<Delete basePath="${sys:logDir}" maxDepth="1">
+					<IfFileName glob="*/pdb.*.log.zip" />
+					<IfLastModified age="30d" />
+				</Delete>
+			</DefaultRolloverStrategy>
+        </RollingRandomAccessFile>
   </Appenders>
   <Loggers>
     <Root level="INFO">
       <AppenderRef ref="Console"/>
+      <AppenderRef ref="logfile"/>
     </Root>
     <!-- 
     	An example of how to reconfigure the log level for a logger.
@@ -21,6 +38,8 @@
   	<logger name="org.lucares.metrics.proposals" level="DEBUG" />
   	<logger name="org.lucares.metrics.plotter" level="DEBUG" />
   	<logger name="org.lucares.metrics.gnuplot" level="DEBUG" />
+  	<!-- 
   	<logger name="org.lucares.metrics.dataStore" level="DEBUG" />
+  	 -->
   </Loggers>
 </Configuration>
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