diff --git a/log4cxx.properties b/log4cxx.properties
index e4bdc48..3c67ddb 100644
--- a/log4cxx.properties
+++ b/log4cxx.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Set root logger level to DEBUG and its only appender to A1.
-log4j.rootLogger=TRACE, A1, rollingFile
+log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, A1
 
 # A1 is set to be a ConsoleAppender.
 log4j.appender.A1=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
@@ -7,31 +7,4 @@
 # A1 uses PatternLayout.
 log4j.appender.A1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.A1.target=System.err
-#log4j.appender.A1.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{dd-MMM HH:MM:SS,SSS} %p %c %m%n
-#log4j.appender.A1.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{hh:mm:ss,SSS} %-14t %-14c  %m%n
 log4j.appender.A1.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ss,SSS} %-5p %-12c  %m%n
-
-log4j.appender.rollingFile=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
-log4j.appender.rollingFile.File=logfile.txt
-log4j.appender.rollingFile.MaxFileSize=10MB
-log4j.appender.rollingFile.MaxBackupIndex=9
-log4j.appender.rollingFile.layout = org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.rollingFile.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ss,SSS} %-5p %-12c  %m%n
-
-log4j.logger.Executor = ERROR
-#log4j.logger.Sync.Log = ERROR
-#log4j.logger.Sync.Core = TRACE
-log4j.logger.Scheduler = ERROR
-#
-#log4j.logger.Fetcher = TRACE
-#log4j.logger.FetchManager = TRACE
-
-#log4j.logger.Sync = DEBUG
-#log4j.logger.Sync.Log = ERROR
-#log4j.logger.SyncInterestTable = TRACE
-#log4j.logger.AppDataFetch = TRACE
-#log4j.logger.Test = TRACE
-#log4j.logger.bgpparser=TRACE
-#log4j.logger.bgpparser.AttributeType=ERROR
-#log4j.logger.bgpparser.MRTCommonHeader=ERROR
-