diff --git a/nb-api/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml b/nb-api/src/main/log4j2.xml
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rename from nb-api/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
rename to nb-api/src/main/log4j2.xml
diff --git a/nb-api/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml b/nb-api/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright (c) 2022 nosqlbench
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<Configuration status="${project.test_logstatuslevel}" strict="true" name="XMLConfigTest">
+
+  <Filter type="ThresholdFilter" level="trace"/>
+
+  <Appenders>
+    <Appender type="Console" name="STDOUT">
+      <Layout type="PatternLayout" pattern="%7r %-5level [%t] %-12logger{0} %msg%n%throwable"/>
+      <Filters>
+        <Filter type="MarkerFilter" marker="FLOW" onMatch="DENY" onMismatch="NEUTRAL"/>
+        <Filter type="MarkerFilter" marker="EXCEPTION" onMatch="DENY" onMismatch="ACCEPT"/>
+      </Filters>
+    </Appender>
+    <Appender type="Console" name="FLOW">
+      <Layout type="PatternLayout" pattern="%C{1}.%M %m %ex%n"/><!-- class and line number -->
+      <Filters>
+        <Filter type="MarkerFilter" marker="FLOW" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="NEUTRAL"/>
+        <Filter type="MarkerFilter" marker="EXCEPTION" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY"/>
+      </Filters>
+    </Appender>
+    <Appender type="File" name="APPSLOG" fileName="docs/apps.log">
+      <Layout type="PatternLayout">
+        <Pattern>%d %p %C{1.} [%t] %m%n</Pattern>
+      </Layout>
+    </Appender>
+  </Appenders>
+
+  <Loggers>
+
+    <Logger name="io.nosqlbench.docsys" level="info" additivity="false">
+      <AppenderRef ref="APPSLOG"/>
+    </Logger>
+
+    <Root level="${project.testlevel}">
+      <AppenderRef ref="STDOUT"/>
+    </Root>
+
+  </Loggers>
+
+</Configuration>