diff --git a/fits/rootfs/etc/confd/conf.d/log4j.properties.toml b/fits/rootfs/etc/confd/conf.d/log4j.properties.toml
index 1fec58e6..2d966c9b 100644
--- a/fits/rootfs/etc/confd/conf.d/log4j.properties.toml
+++ b/fits/rootfs/etc/confd/conf.d/log4j.properties.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [template]
 src = "log4j.properties.tmpl"
-dest = "/opt/tomcat/webapps/fits/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties"
+dest = "/opt/fits/log4j.properties"
 uid = 100
 gid = 1000
 mode = "0640"
diff --git a/fits/rootfs/etc/confd/conf.d/log4j2.xml.toml b/fits/rootfs/etc/confd/conf.d/log4j2.xml.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..47d89317
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fits/rootfs/etc/confd/conf.d/log4j2.xml.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[template]
+src = "log4j2.xml.tmpl"
+dest = "/opt/tomcat/webapps/fits/WEB-INF/classes/log4j2.xml"
+uid = 100
+gid = 1000
+mode = "0640"
+keys = [ "/" ]
diff --git a/fits/rootfs/etc/confd/templates/log4j2.xml.tmpl b/fits/rootfs/etc/confd/templates/log4j2.xml.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5562ca09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fits/rootfs/etc/confd/templates/log4j2.xml.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration>
+        <Appenders>
+                <Console name="STDOUT" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+                        <PatternLayout pattern="%d %-5p - (%C{1}:%L) - %m%n" />
+                </Console>
+        </Appenders>
+        <Loggers>
+        <Logger name="edu.harvard.hul.ois.fits" level="info" />
+        <Logger name="edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove" level="error" />
+        <Logger name="org.apache.tika" level="error" />
+                <Root level="{{ getenv "FITS_SERVICE_LOG_LEVEL" }}">
+                        <AppenderRef ref="STDOUT" />
+                </Root>
+        </Loggers>
+</Configuration>
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