diff --git a/ec2-rundeck-node-generator/src/main/java/com/dtolabs/rundeck/ec2/NodeGenerator.java b/ec2-rundeck-node-generator/src/main/java/com/dtolabs/rundeck/ec2/NodeGenerator.java
index f78a316..41b703a 100644
--- a/ec2-rundeck-node-generator/src/main/java/com/dtolabs/rundeck/ec2/NodeGenerator.java
+++ b/ec2-rundeck-node-generator/src/main/java/com/dtolabs/rundeck/ec2/NodeGenerator.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import java.io.*;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator;
 
 /**
  * NodeGenerator produces Rundeck node definitions in XML format from EC2 Instances 
@@ -46,6 +47,16 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
  */
 public class NodeGenerator {
     public static void main(final String[] args) throws IOException, GeneratorException {
+        
+        // Configure log4j
+        Properties log4jProperties = new Properties();
+        log4jProperties.setProperty("log4j.rootCategory", "WARN, C");
+        log4jProperties.setProperty("log4j.appender.C", "org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender");
+        log4jProperties.setProperty("log4j.appender.C.layout", "org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout");
+        log4jProperties.setProperty("log4j.appender.C.layout.ConversionPattern", "%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %c{1} [%p] %m%n");
+        
+        PropertyConfigurator.configure(log4jProperties);
+        
         File outfile = null;
 
         //load generator mapping