diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6a76b4f..04812be 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -135,9 +135,14 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Logging -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+            <version>2.6.1</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
             <version>1.7.21</version>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/frozenorb/apiv3/Main.java b/src/main/java/net/frozenorb/apiv3/Main.java
index b1c3613..90bd129 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/frozenorb/apiv3/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/frozenorb/apiv3/Main.java
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ import io.vertx.ext.dropwizard.DropwizardMetricsOptions;
 final class Main {
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        System.setProperty("org.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel", "error");
-        System.setProperty("org.slf4j.simpleLogger.showDateTime", "true");
-        System.setProperty("org.slf4j.simpleLogger.dateTimeFormat", "h:mm:ss a");
-        System.setProperty("org.slf4j.simpleLogger.showThreadName", "false");
         System.setProperty("vertx.logger-delegate-factory-class-name", "io.vertx.core.logging.SLF4JLogDelegateFactory");
         Vertx.vertx(new VertxOptions().setMetricsOptions(
                 new DropwizardMetricsOptions().setEnabled(true).setRegistryName("apiv3-registry")
diff --git a/src/main/resources/log4j.xml b/src/main/resources/log4j.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31f86c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/log4j.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration PUBLIC "-//log4j/log4j Configuration//EN" "log4j.dtd">
+
+<log4j:configuration>
+    <appender name="RollingAppender" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender">
+        <param name="File" value="log/apiv3.log" />
+        <param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd" />
+        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
+            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="[%p %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss}] %m%n"/>
+        </layout>
+    </appender>
+
+    <appender name="ConsoleAppender" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
+        <param name="Target" value="System.out"/>
+        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
+            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="[%p %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss}] %m%n"/>
+        </layout>
+    </appender>
+
+    <root>
+        <priority value="INFO"/>
+        <appender-ref ref="RollingAppender" />
+        <appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender" />
+    </root>
+
+</log4j:configuration>
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