Problem fixed. Didn't see this but the console appender, by default, has a threshold set = INFO. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4050704#4050704 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4050704