Hi all, In the release following version 1.0.12, I plan to make significant improvements to the logback configuration format, so that you will be able to write: <fileAppender name="FILE"> <file>testFile.log</file> <append>true</append> <encoder> <pattern>[%thread] %-5level %logger{35} - %msg%n</pattern> </encoder> </fileAppender > instead of the current more clunky <appender name="FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.FileAppender"> <file>testFile.log</file> <append>true</append> <encoder> <pattern>[%thread] %-5level %logger{35} - %msg%n</pattern> </encoder> </appender> The old format would of course continue to be valid. More details to follow after 1.0.12 is released. -- Ceki