diff --git a/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
index fd0328d..78bf62e 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# log4j.rootLogger = ERROR, stdout
+log4j.rootLogger = ERROR, stdout
 
 # Queries:
 # log4j.logger.de.ids_mannheim.korap.query.SpanNextQuery = TRACE, stdout