diff --git a/src/main/resources/log4j2.properties b/src/main/resources/log4j2.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f6d23d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/log4j2.properties
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+log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, ConsoleAppender, FileAppender
+
+log4j.appender.ConsoleAppender=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.ConsoleAppender.Target=System.err
+log4j.appender.ConsoleAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.ConsoleAppender.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%t, %F, %L] %-5level - %msg%n%throwable
+
+log4j.appender.FileAppender=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.FileAppender.File=/tmp/mbusmaster.log
+log4j.appender.FileAppender.MaxFileSize=2048KB
+log4j.appender.FileAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.FileAppender.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%t, %F, %L] %-5level - %msg%n%throwable
diff --git a/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml-disabled
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
rename to src/main/resources/log4j2.xml-disabled