diff --git a/src/java/log4j.properties b/src/java/log4j.properties
index 8e30097a2..404b98529 100644
--- a/src/java/log4j.properties
+++ b/src/java/log4j.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Set root logger level to FATAL and its only appender to stdout
 log4j.rootLogger=FATAL, stdout
-  
+log4j.category.org=FATAL,  stdout
+
 # stdout is set to be a ConsoleAppender. 
 log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender