Are you trying to, for instance, log only your code to the new log file? If so, you need to also add something like this: <category name="my.package.name"> | <priority value="DEBUG"/> | <appender-ref ref="App1Log" /> | </category> | And remove the < appender-ref ref="App1Log" > from within < root > If you are attempting to prevent *any* logging to the console. remove the < appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" > line. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4150421#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...