I found out what my mistake was: I didn't use injection to create the component which contained the SEAM Logger ... injecting the component initializes the Logger correctly. @In(create=true) private CategoryDAO categoryDao; // // CategoryDAO categoryDao = new CategoryDAO(); There used to be a class org.jboss.seam.log.LogImpl ... not any more How do I get a Seam Logger if I want to instantiate the class "normally" ? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4125678#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...