diff --git a/backend/business-partner-agent/src/main/resources/log4j2-prod.xml b/backend/business-partner-agent/src/main/resources/log4j2-prod.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3cc5e0cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/business-partner-agent/src/main/resources/log4j2-prod.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration status="WARN">
+    <Properties>
+        <Property name="PATTERN">%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %c{1} - %replace{%msg}{[\r\n]+}{}%n</Property>
+    </Properties>
+    <Appenders>
+        <Console name="ConsoleJSONAppender" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+            <JsonLayout complete="false" compact="false"/>
+        </Console>    
+    </Appenders>
+    <Loggers>
+        <Logger name="io.micronaut.context" level="info"/>
+        <Logger name="io.micronaut.security" level="info"/>
+        <logger name="io.micronaut.data.query" level="info"/>
+        <Logger name="com.zaxxer.hikari" level="warn"/>
+        <Logger name="org.flywaydb.core" level="info"/>
+        <Logger name="org.hyperledger.bpa" level="debug"/>
+        <Logger name="org.hyperledger.aries" level="trace"/>
+        <logger name="org.hyperledger.bpa.impl.aries" level="trace"/>
+        <Root level="warn">
+            <AppenderRef ref="ConsoleJSONAppender"/>
+        </Root>
+    </Loggers>
+</Configuration>
diff --git a/backend/business-partner-agent/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/backend/business-partner-agent/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
index e22759245..a42304076 100644
--- a/backend/business-partner-agent/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ b/backend/business-partner-agent/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
         <Property name="PATTERN">%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %c{1} - %replace{%msg}{[\r\n]+}{}%n</Property>
     </Properties>
     <Appenders>
-        <Console name="STDOUT" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+        <Console name="ConsolePatternAppender" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
             <PatternLayout pattern="${PATTERN}"/>
-        </Console>
+        </Console>   
     </Appenders>
     <Loggers>
         <Logger name="io.micronaut.context" level="info"/>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <Logger name="org.hyperledger.aries" level="trace"/>
         <logger name="org.hyperledger.bpa.impl.aries" level="trace"/>
         <Root level="warn">
-            <AppenderRef ref="STDOUT"/>
+            <AppenderRef ref="ConsolePatternAppender"/>
         </Root>
     </Loggers>
 </Configuration>