diff --git a/sharepoint/api/pom.xml b/sharepoint/api/pom.xml
index 829f0b4..a56d5df 100644
--- a/sharepoint/api/pom.xml
+++ b/sharepoint/api/pom.xml
@@ -268,5 +268,9 @@
             <artifactId>shared-util</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </dependency>  
     </dependencies>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sharepoint/api/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/sharepoint/api/SPValidationEventHandler.java b/sharepoint/api/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/sharepoint/api/SPValidationEventHandler.java
index 70bf50f..33c2019 100644
--- a/sharepoint/api/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/sharepoint/api/SPValidationEventHandler.java
+++ b/sharepoint/api/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/sharepoint/api/SPValidationEventHandler.java
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ package de.muehlencord.shared.sharepoint.api;
 
 import javax.xml.bind.ValidationEvent;
 import javax.xml.bind.ValidationEventHandler;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 /**
  *
  * @author joern.muehlencord
  */
 public class SPValidationEventHandler implements ValidationEventHandler {
+    
+    private final static Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(SPValidationEventHandler.class); 
 
     @Override
     public boolean handleEvent(ValidationEvent event) {
@@ -16,17 +19,16 @@ public class SPValidationEventHandler implements ValidationEventHandler {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException();
         }
 
-        System.out.println("\nEVENT");
-        System.out.println("SEVERITY:  " + event.getSeverity());
-        System.out.println("MESSAGE:  " + event.getMessage());
-//         System.out.println("LINKED EXCEPTION:  " + event.getLinkedException());
-        System.out.println("LOCATOR");
-        System.out.println("    LINE NUMBER:  " + event.getLocator().getLineNumber());
-        System.out.println("    COLUMN NUMBER:  " + event.getLocator().getColumnNumber());
-        System.out.println("    OFFSET:  " + event.getLocator().getOffset());
-        System.out.println("    OBJECT:  " + event.getLocator().getObject());
-        System.out.println("    NODE:  " + event.getLocator().getNode());
-        System.out.println("    URL:  " + event.getLocator().getURL());
+        LOGGER.error("\nEVENT");
+        LOGGER.error("SEVERITY:  " + event.getSeverity());
+        LOGGER.error("MESSAGE:  " + event.getMessage());
+        LOGGER.error("LOCATOR");
+        LOGGER.error("    LINE NUMBER:  " + event.getLocator().getLineNumber());
+        LOGGER.error("    COLUMN NUMBER:  " + event.getLocator().getColumnNumber());
+        LOGGER.error("    OFFSET:  " + event.getLocator().getOffset());
+        LOGGER.error("    OBJECT:  " + event.getLocator().getObject());
+        LOGGER.error("    NODE:  " + event.getLocator().getNode());
+        LOGGER.error("    URL:  " + event.getLocator().getURL());
 
         switch (event.getSeverity()) {
             case ValidationEvent.WARNING:
@@ -41,10 +43,3 @@ public class SPValidationEventHandler implements ValidationEventHandler {
     }
 
 }
-
-/**
- * History:
- *
- * $$Log$$
- *
- */
diff --git a/sharepoint/api/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/sharepoint/api/ServiceLogHandler.java b/sharepoint/api/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/sharepoint/api/ServiceLogHandler.java
index 11bec30..dd806cb 100644
--- a/sharepoint/api/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/sharepoint/api/ServiceLogHandler.java
+++ b/sharepoint/api/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/sharepoint/api/ServiceLogHandler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package de.muehlencord.shared.sharepoint.api;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Set;
 import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import javax.xml.soap.SOAPMessage;
 import javax.xml.ws.handler.MessageContext;
 import javax.xml.ws.handler.soap.SOAPHandler;
 import javax.xml.ws.handler.soap.SOAPMessageContext;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -15,6 +17,8 @@ import javax.xml.ws.handler.soap.SOAPMessageContext;
  */
 public class ServiceLogHandler implements SOAPHandler<SOAPMessageContext> {
 
+    private final static Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(ServiceLogHandler.class);
+
     @Override
     public Set<QName> getHeaders() {
         // TODO Auto-generated method stub
@@ -40,29 +44,24 @@ public class ServiceLogHandler implements SOAPHandler<SOAPMessageContext> {
 
     @Override
     public boolean handleMessage(SOAPMessageContext arg0) {
-        /* // TODO make configrable via logger
+        LOGGER.info ("Test"); 
         SOAPMessage message = arg0.getMessage();
         boolean isOutboundMessage = (Boolean) arg0.get(MessageContext.MESSAGE_OUTBOUND_PROPERTY);
         if (isOutboundMessage) {
-            System.out.println("OUTBOUND MESSAGE\n");
+            LOGGER.debug("OUTBOUND MESSAGE");
         } else {
-            System.out.println("INBOUND MESSAGE\n");
+            LOGGER.debug("INBOUND MESSAGE");
         }
         try {
-            message.writeTo(System.out);
-            System.out.println();
+            ByteArrayOutputStream os = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+            message.writeTo(os);
+            LOGGER.debug (os.toString("UTF-8"));
+            os.close();
         } catch (SOAPException | IOException e) {
             // TODO add error handling
-         }
-        */
+        }
+
         return true;
     }
 
 }
-
-/**
- * History:
- *
- * $$Log$$
- *
- */
diff --git a/sharepoint/api/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/sharepoint/api/lists/SPList.java b/sharepoint/api/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/sharepoint/api/lists/SPList.java
index 6b58176..983c92e 100644
--- a/sharepoint/api/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/sharepoint/api/lists/SPList.java
+++ b/sharepoint/api/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/sharepoint/api/lists/SPList.java
@@ -304,12 +304,5 @@ public class SPList extends SPJaxbObject<List> {
         getListsPort().updateListItems(getValue().name, updates);
     }
 
-    /* *** unsorted *** */
+    /* *** unsorted *** */   
 }
-
-/**
- * History:
- *
- * $$Log$$
- *
- */
diff --git a/sharepoint/api/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/sharepoint/api/sites/SPSite.java b/sharepoint/api/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/sharepoint/api/sites/SPSite.java
index 2a33643..1fcd157 100644
--- a/sharepoint/api/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/sharepoint/api/sites/SPSite.java
+++ b/sharepoint/api/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/sharepoint/api/sites/SPSite.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ public class SPSite extends SPObject {
     public void getRootWeb() throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, KeyManagementException, MalformedURLException {
         String rootWebUrl = StringUtils.removeEndIgnoreCase(getContext().getSiteURL().toString(), "/");
         GetWebResponse.GetWebResult result = getWebsPort(getContext().getSiteURL()).getWeb(rootWebUrl);
-        // System.out.println (result); 
     }
 
     private WebsSoap getWebsPort(URL webUrl) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, KeyManagementException, MalformedURLException {