diff --git a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/persistence/impl/journal/DescribeJournal.java b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/persistence/impl/journal/DescribeJournal.java
index 20210124b9..1842a5848e 100644
--- a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/persistence/impl/journal/DescribeJournal.java
+++ b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/persistence/impl/journal/DescribeJournal.java
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ import static org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.persistence.impl.journal.JournalR
 import static org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.persistence.impl.journal.JournalRecordIds.UPDATE_DELIVERY_COUNT;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.io.Reader;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -51,7 +54,9 @@ import javax.transaction.xa.Xid;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.ActiveMQBuffer;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.ActiveMQBuffers;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.Message;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.config.Configuration;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.config.impl.ConfigurationImpl;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.config.impl.FileConfiguration;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.io.SequentialFileFactory;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.io.nio.NIOSequentialFileFactory;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.journal.EncodingSupport;
@@ -82,8 +87,12 @@ import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.persistence.impl.journal.codec.Scheduled
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.LargeServerMessage;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.spi.core.protocol.MessagePersister;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.Base64;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.XMLUtil;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.XidCodecSupport;
-
+import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
 
 /**
  * Outputs a String description of the Journals contents.
@@ -92,8 +101,40 @@ import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.XidCodecSupport;
  */
 public final class DescribeJournal {
 
+   private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(DescribeJournal.class);
+
    private final List<RecordInfo> records;
    private final List<PreparedTransactionInfo> preparedTransactions;
+   private static final Configuration CONFIGURATION;
+
+   static {
+      String instanceFolder = System.getProperty("artemis.instance");
+      if (instanceFolder != null) {
+         CONFIGURATION = new FileConfiguration();
+         File configFile = new File(instanceFolder + "/etc/broker.xml");
+         URL url;
+
+         try {
+            url = configFile.toURI().toURL();
+            Reader reader = new InputStreamReader(url.openStream());
+            String xml = XMLUtil.readerToString(reader);
+            xml = XMLUtil.replaceSystemProps(xml);
+            Element e = XMLUtil.stringToElement(xml);
+
+            String root = ((FileConfiguration) CONFIGURATION).getRootElement();
+            NodeList children = e.getElementsByTagName(root);
+            if (root != null && children.getLength() > 0) {
+               Node item = children.item(0);
+               XMLUtil.validate(item, ((FileConfiguration) CONFIGURATION).getSchema());
+               ((FileConfiguration) CONFIGURATION).parse((Element) item, url);
+            }
+         } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.error("failed to load broker.xml", e);
+         }
+      } else {
+         CONFIGURATION = new ConfigurationImpl();
+      }
+   }
 
    public DescribeJournal(List<RecordInfo> records, List<PreparedTransactionInfo> preparedTransactions) {
       this.records = records;
@@ -128,9 +169,7 @@ public final class DescribeJournal {
       SequentialFileFactory messagesFF = new NIOSequentialFileFactory(messagesDir, null, 1);
 
       // Will use only default values. The load function should adapt to anything different
-      ConfigurationImpl defaultValues = new ConfigurationImpl();
-
-      JournalImpl messagesJournal = new JournalImpl(defaultValues.getJournalFileSize(), defaultValues.getJournalMinFiles(), defaultValues.getJournalPoolFiles(), 0, 0, messagesFF, "activemq-data", "amq", 1);
+      JournalImpl messagesJournal = new JournalImpl(CONFIGURATION.getJournalFileSize(), CONFIGURATION.getJournalMinFiles(), CONFIGURATION.getJournalPoolFiles(), 0, 0, messagesFF, "activemq-data", "amq", 1);
 
       return describeJournal(messagesFF, messagesJournal, messagesDir, out, safe);
    }
diff --git a/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/journal/JournalDataPrintTest.java b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/journal/JournalDataPrintTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e8b0d3b06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/journal/JournalDataPrintTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <br>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <br>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.integration.journal;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.cli.commands.tools.PrintData;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.config.FileDeploymentManager;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.config.impl.FileConfiguration;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.config.impl.SecurityConfiguration;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.ActiveMQServer;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.impl.ActiveMQServerImpl;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms.server.config.impl.FileJMSConfiguration;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.spi.core.security.ActiveMQJAASSecurityManager;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.spi.core.security.jaas.InVMLoginModule;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.util.ActiveMQTestBase;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+public class JournalDataPrintTest extends ActiveMQTestBase {
+
+   protected ActiveMQServer server;
+
+   @Override
+   @Before
+   public void setUp() throws Exception {
+      super.setUp();
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testJournalDataPrint() throws Exception {
+      ActiveMQServer server = getActiveMQServer("dataprint/etc/broker.xml");
+      try {
+         server.start();
+         server.stop();
+         System.setProperty("artemis.instance",
+               this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("dataprint").getFile());
+         PrintData.printData(server.getConfiguration().getBindingsLocation().getAbsoluteFile(), server.getConfiguration().getJournalLocation().getAbsoluteFile(), server.getConfiguration().getPagingLocation().getAbsoluteFile());
+
+         // list journal file
+         File dirFile = server.getConfiguration().getJournalLocation().getAbsoluteFile();
+         File[] files = dirFile.listFiles();
+         for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
+            File journalFile = files[i];
+            Assert.assertEquals(30 * 1024 * 1024L, journalFile.length());
+         }
+
+         server.start();
+      } finally {
+         try {
+            server.stop();
+         } catch (Exception e) {
+         }
+      }
+   }
+
+   protected ActiveMQServer getActiveMQServer(String brokerConfig) throws Exception {
+      FileConfiguration fc = new FileConfiguration();
+      FileJMSConfiguration fileConfiguration = new FileJMSConfiguration();
+      FileDeploymentManager deploymentManager = new FileDeploymentManager(brokerConfig);
+      deploymentManager.addDeployable(fc);
+      deploymentManager.addDeployable(fileConfiguration);
+      deploymentManager.readConfiguration();
+
+      ActiveMQJAASSecurityManager sm = new ActiveMQJAASSecurityManager(InVMLoginModule.class.getName(), new SecurityConfiguration());
+
+      recreateDirectory(fc.getBindingsDirectory());
+      recreateDirectory(fc.getJournalDirectory());
+      recreateDirectory(fc.getPagingDirectory());
+      recreateDirectory(fc.getLargeMessagesDirectory());
+
+      return addServer(new ActiveMQServerImpl(fc, sm));
+   }
+}
diff --git a/tests/integration-tests/src/test/resources/dataprint/etc/broker.xml b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/resources/dataprint/etc/broker.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01b5591c50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/resources/dataprint/etc/broker.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<configuration xmlns="urn:activemq"
+               xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+               xsi:schemaLocation="urn:activemq /schema/artemis-configuration.xsd">
+
+
+   <core xmlns="urn:activemq:core">
+
+      <name>0.0.0.0</name>
+
+      <configuration-file-refresh-period>100</configuration-file-refresh-period>
+
+      <persistence-enabled>false</persistence-enabled>
+
+      <security-enabled>false</security-enabled>
+
+      <!-- this could be ASYNCIO or NIO
+       -->
+      <journal-type>NIO</journal-type>
+
+      <paging-directory>./target/tmp/printdata/paging</paging-directory>
+
+      <bindings-directory>./target/tmp/printdata/bindings</bindings-directory>
+
+      <journal-directory>./target/tmp/printdata/journal</journal-directory>
+
+      <large-messages-directory>./target/tmp/printdata/large-messages</large-messages-directory>
+
+      <journal-min-files>2</journal-min-files>
+
+      <journal-pool-files>-1</journal-pool-files>
+
+      <journal-file-size>30Mb</journal-file-size>
+
+      <addresses>
+         <address name="mytopic_2">
+            <multicast>
+               <queue name="queue.A" />
+               <queue name="queue.B" />
+               <queue name="queue.C" />
+            </multicast>
+         </address>
+         <address name="mytopic_1">
+            <multicast>
+               <queue name="queue.A" />
+               <queue name="queue.B" />
+               <queue name="queue.C" />
+            </multicast>
+         </address>
+      </addresses>
+
+      <address-settings>
+         <!--default for catch all-->
+         <address-setting match="#">
+            <auto-create-queues>false</auto-create-queues>
+            <dead-letter-address>DLQ</dead-letter-address>
+            <expiry-address>ExpiryQueue</expiry-address>
+            <redelivery-delay>0</redelivery-delay>
+            <max-size-bytes>10Mb</max-size-bytes>
+            <message-counter-history-day-limit>10</message-counter-history-day-limit>
+            <address-full-policy>BLOCK</address-full-policy>
+         </address-setting>
+      </address-settings>
+   </core>
+</configuration>