diff --git a/archiva-modules/plugins/stage-repository-merge/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/plugins/stage-repository-merge/pom.xml
index 4c0ee37a2..6532835c4 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/plugins/stage-repository-merge/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/plugins/stage-repository-merge/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/plugins/stage-repository-merge/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/stagerepository/merge/Maven2RepositoryMerger.java b/archiva-modules/plugins/stage-repository-merge/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/stagerepository/merge/Maven2RepositoryMerger.java
index ab7bd991c..5558c4d26 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/plugins/stage-repository-merge/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/stagerepository/merge/Maven2RepositoryMerger.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/plugins/stage-repository-merge/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/stagerepository/merge/Maven2RepositoryMerger.java
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ public class Maven2RepositoryMerger
 
         File targetArtifactFile = new File( targetRepoPath, artifactPath );
 
+        log.debug( "artifactPath {}", artifactPath );
+
         int lastIndex = artifactPath.lastIndexOf( File.separatorChar );
 
         File targetFile = new File( targetRepoPath, artifactPath.substring( 0, lastIndex ) );
diff --git a/archiva-modules/plugins/stage-repository-merge/src/test/resources/log4j.xml b/archiva-modules/plugins/stage-repository-merge/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c07e3a4e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archiva-modules/plugins/stage-repository-merge/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<!--
+  ~ 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.
+  -->
+
+<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
+
+<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
+
+  <appender name="console" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
+    <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
+      <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d [%t] %-5p %c %x - %m%n"/>
+    </layout>
+  </appender>
+
+
+  <logger name="org.apache.archiva.stagerepository.merge">
+    <level value="debug"/>
+  </logger>
+
+  <root>
+    <priority value ="info" />
+    <appender-ref ref="console" />
+  </root>
+
+</log4j:configuration>