diff --git a/integration-tests/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/quidem/Launcher.java b/integration-tests/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/quidem/Launcher.java
index f797d92789f..2bdfa2aa038 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/quidem/Launcher.java
+++ b/integration-tests/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/quidem/Launcher.java
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ public class Launcher
 
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
   {
+    if(true) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Asd");
+    }
     String quidemUri = System.getProperty(QUIDEM_URI, "druidtest:///");
 
     Launcher launcher = new Launcher(quidemUri );
diff --git a/quidem-it/pom.xml b/quidem-it/pom.xml
index 71c19a3adcd..8a2427fc313 100644
--- a/quidem-it/pom.xml
+++ b/quidem-it/pom.xml
@@ -421,6 +421,12 @@
             <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
       <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
@@ -432,7 +438,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
@@ -442,17 +447,14 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.calcite.avatica</groupId>
             <artifactId>avatica</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.calcite.avatica</groupId>
             <artifactId>avatica-core</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.os72</groupId>
@@ -471,6 +473,15 @@
             <artifactId>datasketches-java</artifactId>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/quidem-it/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/quidem/Launcher.java b/quidem-it/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/quidem/Launcher.java
index f797d92789f..36d276571b2 100644
--- a/quidem-it/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/quidem/Launcher.java
+++ b/quidem-it/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/quidem/Launcher.java
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ public class Launcher
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
   {
     String quidemUri = System.getProperty(QUIDEM_URI, "druidtest:///");
+    log.info("Starting Quidem with URI[%s]", quidemUri);
 
-    Launcher launcher = new Launcher(quidemUri );
+    Launcher launcher = new Launcher(quidemUri);
     launcher.start();
     launcher.lifecycle.join();
   }
diff --git a/quidem-it/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/quidem-it/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..03d56b21400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quidem-it/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?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.
+  -->
+
+<Configuration status="DEBUG">
+  <Appenders>
+    <Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+      <PatternLayout pattern="%d{ISO8601} %p [%t] %c - %m%n"/>
+    </Console>
+  </Appenders>
+  <Loggers>
+    <Root level="debug">
+      <AppenderRef ref="Console"/>
+    </Root>
+    <Logger level="debug" name="org.apache.druid" additivity="false">
+      <AppenderRef ref="Console"/>
+    </Logger>
+  </Loggers>
+</Configuration>