diff --git a/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml b/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
index 4d9507ec3..965b0d1d8 100644
--- a/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
             <artifactId>struts2-config-browser-plugin</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/apps/rest-showcase/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/apps/rest-showcase/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
index a29a304b3..3c5af7cd6 100644
--- a/apps/rest-showcase/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/apps/rest-showcase/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -11,19 +11,16 @@
 
 
 # Set root logger level to WARN and append to stdout
-log4j.rootLogger=WARN, stdout
-
+log4j.rootLogger=INFO, stdout
 log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.stdout.Target=System.out
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 
 # Pattern to output the caller's file name and line number.
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %5p (%c:%L) - %m%n
 
 # Print only messages of level ERROR or above in the package noModule.
-log4j.logger.noModule=ERROR
+log4j.logger.noModule=FATAL
 
-# OpenSymphony Stuff
-log4j.logger.com.opensymphony=INFO
-
-# Struts2 Stuff
-log4j.logger.org.apache.struts2=INFO
+log4j.logger.com.opensymphony.xwork2=DEBUG
+log4j.logger.org.apache.struts2=DEBUG