diff --git a/sampling-message-client/src/main/java/de/dhbw/ravensburg/verteiltesysteme/client/CommandLineClient.java b/sampling-message-client/src/main/java/de/dhbw/ravensburg/verteiltesysteme/client/CommandLineClient.java
index 00d3da8..106159c 100644
--- a/sampling-message-client/src/main/java/de/dhbw/ravensburg/verteiltesysteme/client/CommandLineClient.java
+++ b/sampling-message-client/src/main/java/de/dhbw/ravensburg/verteiltesysteme/client/CommandLineClient.java
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ private void deleteSamplingMessage(CommandLine commandLine, SamplingMessageGrpc.
      * @param errorMessage Message to be displayed on the console during the program shutdown
      */
     private void exitWithError(String errorMessage) {
-        log.error(errorMessage);
+        System.out.println(errorMessage);
         this.exitWithHelpScreen(1);
     }
 
diff --git a/sampling-message-client/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/sampling-message-client/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
index b6c79e4..dd348f6 100644
--- a/sampling-message-client/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ b/sampling-message-client/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -4,14 +4,10 @@
         <Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
             <PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n"/>
         </Console>
-        <File name="MyFile" fileName="all.log" immediateFlush="false" append="false">
-            <PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n"/>
-        </File>
     </Appenders>
     <Loggers>
         <Root level="INFO">
             <AppenderRef ref="Console"/>
-            <!-- <AppenderRef ref="MyFile"/> -->
         </Root>
     </Loggers>
 </Configuration>
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diff --git a/sampling-message-server/src/main/java/de/dhbw/ravensburg/verteiltesysteme/server/Main.java b/sampling-message-server/src/main/java/de/dhbw/ravensburg/verteiltesysteme/server/Main.java
index 2ef2a0e..8ee05bd 100644
--- a/sampling-message-server/src/main/java/de/dhbw/ravensburg/verteiltesysteme/server/Main.java
+++ b/sampling-message-server/src/main/java/de/dhbw/ravensburg/verteiltesysteme/server/Main.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
      * @param errorMessage Message to be displayed on the console during the program shutdown
      */
     private static void exitWithError(final String errorMessage) {
-        log.error(errorMessage);
+        System.out.println(errorMessage);
         exitWithHelpScreen(1);
     }