Hi, I'm using logback 0.9.28 and I'm trying to configure logback programmatically with the following code: public void prepare() { LoggerContext lc = (LoggerContext) LoggerFactory.getILoggerFactory(); lc.reset(); lc.getLogger("com").setLevel(Level.DEBUG); lc.getLogger("com.example").setLevel(Level.DEBUG); lc.getLogger("com.example.test").setLevel(Level.DEBUG); lc.getLogger("com.example.test.inner").setLevel(Level.DEBUG); PatternLayout patternLayout = new PatternLayout(); patternLayout.setContext(lc); patternLayout.setPattern("%-5level %logger - %msg%n"); patternLayout.start(); ConsoleAppender<ILoggingEvent> appender = new ConsoleAppender<ILoggingEvent>(); appender.setLayout(patternLayout); appender.setContext(lc); appender.start(); lc.getLogger("root").addAppender(appender); lc.start(); StatusPrinter.printInCaseOfErrorsOrWarnings(lc); super.prepare(testCase); } I keep getting the following message: LOGBACK: No context given for ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender[null]. I'm seeing the log messages in the console, but I fail to understand why I'm getting this message. Thanks, Shahar This email was sent to you by Thomson Reuters, the global news and information company. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Thomson Reuters.