diff --git a/etc/log4j.properties b/etc/log4j.properties
index c36f3d9b0dd7f445798bddf74e956274b1ba4e3f..941d3e49cb30eecae5818d105360dafd8b9ee5ba 100644
--- a/etc/log4j.properties
+++ b/etc/log4j.properties
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ log4j.logger.com.sshtools.j2ssh=WARN, R
 
 log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%5p [%t] (%F:%L) - %m% n
-
+#log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%5p [%t] (%F:%L) - %m%n
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%m%n
 log4j.appender.Default=uk.ac.sanger.artemis.components.LogViewer
 log4j.appender.R=uk.ac.sanger.artemis.components.LogViewer
 log4j.appender.R.MaxLogLines=2000