diff --git a/pdb-ui/src/main/resources/application.properties b/pdb-ui/src/main/resources/application.properties
index adb1168..4328d87 100644
--- a/pdb-ui/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/pdb-ui/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ db.base=${base.dir}/db
 path.tmp=${base.dir}/tmp
 path.output=${base.dir}/out
 
-logging.config=classpath:log4j2.properties
+logging.config=classpath:log4j2.xml
diff --git a/pdb-ui/src/main/resources/log4j2.properties b/pdb-ui/src/main/resources/log4j2.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c4d196..0000000
--- a/pdb-ui/src/main/resources/log4j2.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-name = PropertiesConfig
-appenders = console
-
-# enable to debug log4j2
-#status=trace
- 
-appender.console.type = Console
-appender.console.name = STDOUT
-appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
-appender.console.layout.pattern = %d %5p [%-20.20t] %-30.30c{1.} : %m%n
- 
- 
- 
-rootLogger.level = info
-rootLogger.appenderRef.stdout.ref = STDOUT
-
-## log all exceptions thrown by controllers. Otherwise only 500 will be logged.
-#log4j.logger.org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ExceptionHandlerExceptionResolver=debug
diff --git a/pdb-ui/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/pdb-ui/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf77761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pdb-ui/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration>
+  <Appenders>
+    <Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+      <PatternLayout pattern="%d %5p [%-20.20t] %-30.30c{1.} : %m%n"/>
+    </Console>
+  </Appenders>
+  <Loggers>
+    <Root level="INFO">
+      <AppenderRef ref="Console"/>
+    </Root>
+    <!-- 
+    	An example of how to reconfigure the log level for a logger.
+    	This example is a no-op.
+     -->
+  	<logger name="org.lucares.performance.db" level="INFO" additivity="false">
+  		<AppenderRef ref="Console"/>
+  	</logger>
+  </Loggers>
+</Configuration>
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