diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/AbstractQueryProcessor.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/AbstractQueryProcessor.java
index 72d7e0c..8d0b233 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/AbstractQueryProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/AbstractQueryProcessor.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     /**
      * If true, print debug statements
      */
-    public static boolean verbose = true;
+    public static boolean verbose = false;
     protected Integer stackedObjects = 0;
     /**
      * Contains error arrays, consisting of an error code and a
diff --git a/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdaf516
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, stdout
+
+log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.stdout.Target=System.out
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{MMM dd, yyyy HH:mm:ss} %C{6} - %M%n %-5p: %m%n