diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml
index bd984f0..2a52305 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   </store>
   <property>
      <name>log_level</name>
-     <value>WARNING</value>
+     <value>SEVERE</value>
      <description></description>
   </property>
 </asterixConfiguration>
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/log.properties b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/log.properties
index ee8040a..6ec6917 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/log.properties
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/log.properties
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-group_commit_wait_period=1
\ No newline at end of file
+group_commit_wait_period=1
+edu.uci.ics.algebricks.level = INFO
\ No newline at end of file