diff --git a/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
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index 409dd303..00000000
--- a/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-
-# define the console appender
-log4j.appender.stdout = org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-log4j.appender.stdout.Target = System.out
-log4j.appender.stdout.Threshold = info
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout = org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern = %m%n
-
-# now map our console appender as a root logger, means all log messages will go to this appender
-log4j.rootLogger = debug, stdout
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/log4j2-example.xml b/src/main/resources/log4j2-example.xml
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+++ b/src/main/resources/log4j2-example.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration status="INFO">
+    <Appenders>
+        # Console appender
+        <Console name="stdout" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+            # Pattern of log message for console appender
+            <PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %p %m%n"/>
+        </Console>
+
+        # Rolling appender
+        <RollingFile name="ripmelog"
+                     fileName="ripme.log" filePattern="ripme.%i.log.gz"
+                     ignoreExceptions="false">
+            <PatternLayout>
+                <Pattern>%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %p %m%n</Pattern>
+            </PatternLayout>
+            <Policies>
+                <OnStartupTriggeringPolicy/>
+                <SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="20 MB"/>
+            </Policies>
+        </RollingFile>
+    </Appenders>
+
+    <Loggers>
+        <AsyncRoot level="INFO">
+            <AppenderRef ref="ripmelog"/>
+            <AppenderRef ref="stdout"/>
+        </AsyncRoot>
+    </Loggers>
+</Configuration>