diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration status="INFO">
+    <Properties>
+        <property name="logType">${env:LOGGING_TYPE}</property>
+    </Properties>
+    <Appenders>
+        <Console name="json" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+            <JSONLayout compact="true" eventEol="true" properties="true" stacktraceAsString="true"
+                        includeTimeMillis="true">
+
+                <KeyValuePair key="version" value="${project.version}"/>
+            </JSONLayout>
+        </Console>
+        <Console name="console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+            <PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n " />
+        </Console>
+    </Appenders>
+    <Loggers>
+        <Root level="info">
+            <AppenderRef ref="${logType}"/>
+        </Root>
+    </Loggers>
+</Configuration>