diff --git a/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/conf/hive-log4j.properties b/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/conf/hive-log4j.properties
index eab38a6..6f195f5 100644
--- a/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/conf/hive-log4j.properties
+++ b/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/conf/hive-log4j.properties
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #      FATAL, ERROR, WARN, INFO, DEBUG
 #
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-log4j.rootCategory=INFO, S
+log4j.rootCategory=FATAL, S
 
 log4j.logger.com.dappit.Dapper.parser=ERROR
 log4j.logger.org.w3c.tidy=FATAL