diff --git a/providers/softlayer/src/main/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/features/AccountApi.java b/providers/softlayer/src/main/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/features/AccountApi.java
index 05f01e0e8c..f8c883f8ca 100644
--- a/providers/softlayer/src/main/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/features/AccountApi.java
+++ b/providers/softlayer/src/main/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/features/AccountApi.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public interface AccountApi {
 
    String GUEST_MASK = "children.blockDevices.diskImage.softwareReferences.softwareDescription";
    String LIST_GUEST_MASK = "powerState;operatingSystem.passwords;datacenter;billingItem;blockDevices" +
-           ".diskImage;tagReferences";
+           ".diskImage;tagReferences.tag.name";
 
    /**
     * @return an account's associated virtual guest objects.
diff --git a/providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/features/AccountApiMockTest.java b/providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/features/AccountApiMockTest.java
index 46ca8e4636..6c6d8670f3 100644
--- a/providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/features/AccountApiMockTest.java
+++ b/providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/features/AccountApiMockTest.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class AccountApiMockTest extends BaseSoftLayerMockTest {
       AccountApi api = getAccountApi(server);
       try {
          assertEquals(api.listVirtualGuests(), new VirtualGuestsParseTest().expected());
-         assertSent(server, "GET", "/SoftLayer_Account/VirtualGuests?objectMask=powerState%3BoperatingSystem.passwords%3Bdatacenter%3BbillingItem%3BblockDevices.diskImage%3BtagReferences");
+         assertSent(server, "GET", "/SoftLayer_Account/VirtualGuests?objectMask=powerState%3BoperatingSystem.passwords%3Bdatacenter%3BbillingItem%3BblockDevices.diskImage%3BtagReferences.tag.name");
       } finally {
          server.shutdown();
       }
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class AccountApiMockTest extends BaseSoftLayerMockTest {
       AccountApi api = getAccountApi(server);
       try {
          assertTrue(api.listVirtualGuests().isEmpty());
-         assertSent(server, "GET", "/SoftLayer_Account/VirtualGuests?objectMask=powerState%3BoperatingSystem.passwords%3Bdatacenter%3BbillingItem%3BblockDevices.diskImage%3BtagReferences");
+         assertSent(server, "GET", "/SoftLayer_Account/VirtualGuests?objectMask=powerState%3BoperatingSystem.passwords%3Bdatacenter%3BbillingItem%3BblockDevices.diskImage%3BtagReferences.tag.name");
       } finally {
          server.shutdown();
       }
diff --git a/providers/softlayer/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml b/providers/softlayer/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4cac342d75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/softlayer/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<configuration scan="false">
+    <appender name="FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.FileAppender">
+        <file>target/test-data/jclouds.log</file>
+        <encoder>
+            <Pattern>%d %-5p [%c] [%thread] %m%n</Pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+    <appender name="WIREFILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.FileAppender">
+        <file>target/test-data/jclouds-wire.log</file>
+        <encoder>
+            <Pattern>%d %-5p [%c] [%thread] %m%n</Pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+    <appender name="COMPUTEFILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.FileAppender">
+        <file>target/jclouds-compute.log</file>
+        <encoder>
+            <Pattern>%d %-5p [%c] [%thread] %m%n</Pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <logger name="org.jclouds">
+        <level value="DEBUG" />
+        <appender-ref ref="FILE" />
+    </logger>
+    <logger name="jclouds.compute">
+        <level value="DEBUG" />
+        <appender-ref ref="COMPUTEFILE" />
+    </logger>
+    <logger name="jclouds.wire">
+        <level value="DEBUG" />
+        <appender-ref ref="WIREFILE" />
+    </logger>
+    <logger name="jclouds.headers">
+        <level value="DEBUG" />
+        <appender-ref ref="WIREFILE" />
+    </logger>
+    
+    <root>
+        <level value="INFO" />
+    </root>
+</configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/providers/softlayer/src/test/resources/logback.xml b/providers/softlayer/src/test/resources/logback.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index c823913f6f..0000000000
--- a/providers/softlayer/src/test/resources/logback.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-<?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>
-    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
-        <encoder>
-            <pattern>-  %msg%n</pattern>
-        </encoder>
-    </appender>
-    <root level="info">
-        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
-    </root>
-    <logger name="jclouds.compute" level="debug"/>
-    <logger name="net.schmizz" level="warn"/>
-    <logger name="jclouds.wire" level="debug"/>
-    <logger name="jclouds.headers" level="debug"/>
-    <logger name="jclouds.ssh" level="debug"/>
-</configuration>