diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2bd4f40..3b716c0 100755
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ USER soapui
 ENV HOME /home/soapui
 ENV SOAPUI_DIR /home/soapui/SoapUI-5.4.0
 ENV SOAPUI_PRJ /home/soapui/soapui-prj
+ENV SOAPUI_LOGLEVEL WARN
 
 ############################################
 # Add customization sub-directories (for entrypoint)
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ USER root
 
 EXPOSE 8080
 
+COPY soapui-log4j.xml /home/soapui
 COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /
 RUN chmod 700 /docker-entrypoint.sh
 RUN chmod 770 $SOAPUI_DIR/bin/*.sh
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 31e4878..c9a8ba3 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ in a newly created ``soapui-test-project`` directory of the ``$HOME`` directory.
             -v "$HOME/soapui-test-project:/home/soapui/soapui-prj/" \
             -e MOCK_SERVICE_NAME="BLZ-SOAP11-MockService" \
             -e PROJECT=/home/soapui/soapui-prj/default-soapui-project.xml \
+            -e SOAPUI_LOGLEVEL=INFO \
             --privileged \
              <<image-id>>
 
@@ -72,6 +73,12 @@ The following environment variables are supported:
         <td>/home/soapui/soapui-prj/default-soapui-project.xml</td>
         <td>The complete path to the SoapUI project file</td>
     </tr>
+    <tr>
+        <td><code>SOAPUI_LOGLEVEL</code></td>
+        <td>NO</td>
+        <td>WARN</td>
+        <td>Changes then default logging level, possible values ERROR, WARN, INFO, DEBUG</td>
+    </tr>
 </table>
 
 
diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
index d5e6db0..8f5a1a6 100755
--- a/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ if [ "$1" = 'start-soapui' ]; then
 
     if [ -z "$MOCK_SERVICE_PATH" ]; then
         echo "Starting Mock-service=$MOCK_SERVICE_NAME using default mockservice url-path from SoapUI-project=$PROJECT"
-        gosu soapui mockservicerunner.sh -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dfile.encoding=UTF8 -p 8080 -m "$MOCK_SERVICE_NAME" $PROJECT <&3 &
+        gosu soapui mockservicerunner.sh -Dsoapui.log4j.config=/home/soapui/soapui-log4j.xml -DSOAPUI_LOG_THRESHOLD=${SOAPUI_LOGLEVEL} -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dfile.encoding=UTF8 -p 8080 -m "$MOCK_SERVICE_NAME" $PROJECT <&3 &
     else
         echo "Starting Mock-service=$MOCK_SERVICE_NAME using url-path=$MOCK_SERVICE_PATH from SoapUI-project=$PROJECT"
-        gosu soapui mockservicerunner.sh -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dfile.encoding=UTF8 -p 8080 -m "$MOCK_SERVICE_NAME" -a $MOCK_SERVICE_PATH $PROJECT <&3 &
+        gosu soapui mockservicerunner.sh -Dsoapui.log4j.config=/home/soapui/soapui-log4j.xml -DSOAPUI_LOG_THRESHOLD=${SOAPUI_LOGLEVEL} -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dfile.encoding=UTF8 -p 8080 -m "$MOCK_SERVICE_NAME" -a $MOCK_SERVICE_PATH $PROJECT <&3 &
     fi
 
 else
diff --git a/soapui-log4j.xml b/soapui-log4j.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8ba62b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/soapui-log4j.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
+<!-- ===================================================================== -->
+<!--                                                                       -->
+<!--  This is an example of a Log4j XML configuration file.                -->
+<!--                                                                       -->
+<!-- ===================================================================== -->
+<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/" debug="false">  
+   <!-- =================== -->
+   <!-- Appenders           -->
+   <!-- =================== -->
+   <appender name="CONSOLE" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
+      <errorHandler class="org.apache.log4j.helpers.OnlyOnceErrorHandler"/>
+      <param name="Target" value="System.out"/>
+      <param name="Threshold" value="${SOAPUI_LOG_THRESHOLD}"/>
+      <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
+         <!-- The default pattern: Date Priority [Category] Message\n -->
+         <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{ABSOLUTE} %-5p [%c{1}] %m%n"/>
+      </layout>
+   </appender>
+   <logger name="groovy.log" additivity="false">
+     <level value="INFO" />
+     <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" />
+   </logger>   
+   <logger name="com.eviware.soapui" additivity="false">
+     <level value="DEBUG" />
+     <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" />
+   </logger>
+   <logger name="soapui.errorlog" additivity="false">
+     <level value="DEBUG" />
+     <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" />
+   </logger>
+   <logger name="org.apache.commons.httpclient" additivity="false">
+     <level value="ERROR"/>
+     <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" />
+   </logger>
+   <logger name="com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.support.http.SoapUIMultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager" additivity="false">
+     <level value="ERROR"/>
+     <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" />
+   </logger>
+   <logger name="com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.WsdlSubmit" additivity="false">
+     <level value="ERROR" />
+     <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" />
+   </logger>
+   <root>
+  	  <priority value="INFO" />
+     <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" />
+   </root>
+</log4j:configuration>
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