diff --git a/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
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+
+log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, STDOUT
+log4j.de.mannheim.ids.sruws.SRU_WS = INFO, STDOUT
+
+log4j.appender.STDOUT=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.STDOUT.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.STDOUT.layout.ConversionPattern=%5p [%t] (%F:%L) - %m%n