diff --git a/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
index e876668..c5ac092 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## logger file can be used with
 
-# log4j.rootLogger = DEBUG, stdout
+log4j.rootLogger = DEBUG, stdout
 
 # Spans:
 #log4j.logger.de.ids_mannheim.korap.query.spans.ElementSpans = TRACE, stdout