diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cc1a712..16a2fb9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ target/
 /.lein-repl-history
 /.nrepl-port
 config.yaml
+log/logger1.log
+log/logger1.log.1
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 6e84436..927448c 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
                  [clj-time "0.15.2"]
                  ;; Parse RSS/Atom feeds
                  [remus "0.2.1"]
+                 [org.slf4j/slf4j-log4j12 "1.7.25"]
+                 [log4j/log4j "1.2.12" :exclusions [javax.mail/mail
+                                                    javax.jms/jms
+                                                    com.sun.jmdk/jmxtools
+                                                    com.sun.jmx/jmxri]]
                  ;; Make RSS/Atom feeds
                  [clj-rss "0.2.7"]]
   :plugins [;; DEV TOOLS
diff --git a/src/log4j.properties b/src/log4j.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7125ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/log4j.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, R
+#Output to the file, and a new file is generated when the file size reaches the specified size
+log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
+#Output to the console
+#log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+#log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.R.File=./log/logger1.log
+
+log4j.appender.R.MaxBackupIndex=20
+
+log4j.appender.R.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d][%p][%c] %m%n
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