diff --git a/apache-maven/src/bin/m2.conf b/apache-maven/src/bin/m2.conf
index 2991e0b350..213dc55d1d 100644
--- a/apache-maven/src/bin/m2.conf
+++ b/apache-maven/src/bin/m2.conf
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ main is org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli from plexus.core
 set maven.home default ${user.home}/m2
 
 [plexus.core]
+load       ${maven.home}/conf/logging
 optionally ${maven.home}/lib/ext/*.jar
 load       ${maven.home}/lib/*.jar
-load       ${maven.home}/conf/logging