diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4626954..ebe51cc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-        <slf4j.version>1.7.21</slf4j.version>
+        <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.11.1</log4j.version>
         <spring.version>4.2.5.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <jetty.version>9.4.0.v20161208</jetty.version>
         <dependencies.dir>lib</dependencies.dir>
@@ -32,9 +33,14 @@
             <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- SPRING -->
diff --git a/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3be0d2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration>
+    <Appenders>
+        <Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+            <PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%level] (%t) \{%logger\} %msg%n"/>
+        </Console>
+    </Appenders>
+    <Loggers>
+        <Root level="info">
+            <AppenderRef ref="Console"/>
+        </Root>
+    </Loggers>
+</Configuration>