diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 252b6ede..2db4bc6b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -280,9 +280,14 @@
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+			<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
 			<version>1.7.5</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+			<version>1.2.17</version>
+		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.wicket</groupId>
@@ -308,12 +313,6 @@
 			<groupId>ro.isdc.wro4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>wro4j-extensions</artifactId>
 			<version>1.6.3</version>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2148c096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+log4j.logger.com.commafeed=INFO, CONSOLE
+#log4j.logger.org=WARN, CONSOLE
+
+log4j.appender.CONSOLE=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout.ConversionPattern=%-5p %d{ISO8601} [%c{1}\:%L] [%t] %m%n
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