diff --git a/conf/application.conf b/conf/application.conf
index 5584ac47..285463a2 100644
--- a/conf/application.conf
+++ b/conf/application.conf
@@ -76,20 +76,6 @@ application.global=Global
 #
 # ebean.default="models.*"
 
-# Logger
-# ~~~~~
-# You can also configure logback (http://logback.qos.ch/),
-# by providing an application-logger.xml file in the conf directory.
-
-# Root logger:
-logger.root=ERROR
-
-# Logger used by the framework:
-logger.play=INFO
-
-# Logger provided to your application:
-logger.application=INFO
-
 organisation.icons={
   "http://purl.org/lobid/libtype#n34" : "music",
   "http://purl.org/lobid/libtype#n39" : "bus",
diff --git a/conf/logback.xml b/conf/logback.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 73268459..00000000
--- a/conf/logback.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-<!--
-  ~ Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
-  -->
-<!-- The default logback configuration that Play uses if no other configuration is provided -->
-<configuration>
-    
-  <conversionRule conversionWord="coloredLevel" converterClass="play.api.Logger$ColoredLevel" />
-
-    <appender name="FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
-     	<file>${application.home}/logs/application.log</file>
-        <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
-            <!-- Weekly rollover with compression -->
-            <fileNamePattern>${application.home}/logs/application-log-%d{yyyy-ww}.gz</fileNamePattern>
-            <!-- keep 8 weeks worth of history -->
-            <maxHistory>8</maxHistory>
-        </rollingPolicy>
-        <encoder>
-            <pattern>%date{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss ZZZZ} [%level] from %logger in %thread - %message%n%xException</pattern>
-        </encoder>
-    </appender>
-
-  <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
-    <encoder>
-      <pattern>%coloredLevel %logger{15} - %message%n%xException{10}</pattern>
-    </encoder>
-  </appender>
-
-  <appender name="ASYNCFILE" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender">
-    <appender-ref ref="FILE" />
-  </appender>
-
-  <appender name="ASYNCSTDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender">
-    <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
-  </appender>
-
-  <logger name="play" level="INFO" />
-  <logger name="application" level="INFO" />
-  
-  <!-- Off these ones as they are annoying, and anyway we manage configuration ourself -->
-  <logger name="com.avaje.ebean.config.PropertyMapLoader" level="OFF" />
-  <logger name="com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.core.XmlConfigLoader" level="OFF" />
-  <logger name="com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.lib.BackgroundThread" level="OFF" />
-  <logger name="com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.javascript" level="OFF" />
-
-  <root level="WARN">
-    <appender-ref ref="ASYNCFILE" />
-    <appender-ref ref="ASYNCSTDOUT" />
-  </root>
-  
-</configuration>
diff --git a/conf/logger.xml b/conf/logger.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f673bc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/logger.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<!-- ~ Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com> -->
+<!-- The default logback configuration that Play uses if no other configuration 
+	is provided -->
+<configuration>
+
+	<conversionRule conversionWord="coloredLevel" converterClass="play.api.Logger$ColoredLevel" />
+
+	<appender name="FILE"
+		class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
+		<file>./logs/application.log</file>
+		<rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
+			<!-- Weekly rollover with compression -->
+			<fileNamePattern>application-log-%d{yyyy-ww}.gz</fileNamePattern>
+			<!-- keep 8 weeks worth of history -->
+			<maxHistory>8</maxHistory>
+		</rollingPolicy>
+		<encoder>
+			<pattern>%date{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss ZZZZ} [%level] from %logger in
+				%thread - %message%n%xException</pattern>
+		</encoder>
+	</appender>
+
+	<appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+		<encoder>
+			<pattern>%coloredLevel %logger{15} - %message%n%xException{10}
+			</pattern>
+		</encoder>
+	</appender>
+
+	<appender name="ASYNCFILE" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender">
+		<appender-ref ref="FILE" />
+	</appender>
+
+	<appender name="ASYNCSTDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender">
+		<appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+	</appender>
+
+	<logger name="play" level="INFO" />
+	<logger name="application" level="INFO" />
+
+	<!-- Off these ones as they are annoying, and anyway we manage configuration 
+		ourself -->
+	<logger name="com.avaje.ebean.config.PropertyMapLoader" level="OFF" />
+	<logger name="com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.core.XmlConfigLoader"
+		level="OFF" />
+	<logger name="com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.lib.BackgroundThread"
+		level="OFF" />
+	<logger name="com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.javascript" level="OFF" />
+
+	<root level="WARN">
+		<appender-ref ref="ASYNCFILE" />
+		<appender-ref ref="ASYNCSTDOUT" />
+	</root>
+
+</configuration>