diff --git a/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
index 61ead9c..f4858ee 100755
--- a/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 # set the log level to WARN and the log should be printed to stdout. 
 log4j.rootLogger=WARN, stderr
+#log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, stderr
 #log4j.threshold=FATAL, ERROR, WARN, INFO
 
 
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ log4j.appender.stderr.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyyMMdd-HH:mm:ss}: [%p]: %m [
 
 ################################################################################
 # EXAMPLE: Print only messages of level WARN or above in the package com.foo:
-log4j.logger.edu.ucsb.nceas=DEBUG
+#log4j.logger.edu.ucsb.nceas=DEBUG
+log4j.logger.edu.ucsb.nceas=INFO
 #log4j.logger.com.hp.hpl.jena=WARN
-#log4j.logger.org.dataone.ore=INFO
-#log4j.logger.org.apache.http=DEBUG
+log4j.logger.org.dataone.ore=WARN
+log4j.logger.org.apache.http=WARN