diff --git a/covid-19-common/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/covid-19-common/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
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+log4j.logger.org.hibernate=WARN,console
+log4j.logger.com.verani=WARN,console
+log4j.logger.au.com.bytecode.opencsv=WARN,console
+log4j.logger.com.mchange=ERROR,console
+
+log4j.appender.console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.console.target=System.out
+log4j.appender.console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+
+log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yy/MM/dd HH\:mm\:ss\:SS} %p %c{2}\: %m%n 
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