diff --git a/SAS/OTB/jOTDB3/jOTDB3.log_prop b/SAS/OTB/jOTDB3/jOTDB3.log_prop
index 17993f31ccfc0ace17d1a804b551ace837d89c1f..deb7691c36df4e4bf8fa65ae7e76be88a486051e 100644
--- a/SAS/OTB/jOTDB3/jOTDB3.log_prop
+++ b/SAS/OTB/jOTDB3/jOTDB3.log_prop
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-log4j.rootLogger=TRACE, STDOUT, FILE
+log4j.rootLogger=ERROR, STDOUT, FILE
 log4j.additivity.ASTRON=FALSE
 
 log4j.appender.STDOUT=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
diff --git a/SAS/OTB/jOTDB3/src/nl/astron/lofar/sas/otb/jotdb3/jOTDB3.log_prop b/SAS/OTB/jOTDB3/src/nl/astron/lofar/sas/otb/jotdb3/jOTDB3.log_prop
index 17993f31ccfc0ace17d1a804b551ace837d89c1f..deb7691c36df4e4bf8fa65ae7e76be88a486051e 100644
--- a/SAS/OTB/jOTDB3/src/nl/astron/lofar/sas/otb/jotdb3/jOTDB3.log_prop
+++ b/SAS/OTB/jOTDB3/src/nl/astron/lofar/sas/otb/jotdb3/jOTDB3.log_prop
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-log4j.rootLogger=TRACE, STDOUT, FILE
+log4j.rootLogger=ERROR, STDOUT, FILE
 log4j.additivity.ASTRON=FALSE
 
 log4j.appender.STDOUT=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender