diff --git a/k8s/base/deployment.yaml b/k8s/base/deployment.yaml
index 9d9b20cd..5aafe4db 100644
--- a/k8s/base/deployment.yaml
+++ b/k8s/base/deployment.yaml
@@ -46,3 +46,6 @@ spec:
         - name: app-properties
           secret:
             secretName: set-api-properties
+        - name: log4j-config
+          configMap:
+            name: log4j2-properties
diff --git a/k8s/base/kustomization.yaml b/k8s/base/kustomization.yaml
index 27a3601d..be0fa202 100644
--- a/k8s/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/k8s/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -10,4 +10,10 @@ labels:
 secretGenerator:
   - name: set-api-properties
     files:
-      - set.user.properties
\ No newline at end of file
+      - set.user.properties
+
+#generate config mapping for log4j2.xml file
+configMapGenerator:
+  - name: log4j2-properties
+    files:
+      - log4j2-spring.xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/k8s/overlays/cloud/deployment_patch.yaml.template b/k8s/overlays/cloud/deployment_patch.yaml.template
index 1e59364c..1d4d9c82 100644
--- a/k8s/overlays/cloud/deployment_patch.yaml.template
+++ b/k8s/overlays/cloud/deployment_patch.yaml.template
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ spec:
                      -Delastic.apm.server_urls=${ELASTIC_APM_SERVERS}
                      -Delastic.apm.service_name=${APP_NAME}
                      -Delastic.apm.environment=${K8S_NAMESPACE}"
+                     -Dlogging.config=/opt/app/config/log4j2-spring.xml"
           resources:
             requests:
               memory: "${MEMORY_REQUEST}M"
diff --git a/set-web/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml.template b/set-web/src/main/resources/log4j2-spring.xml.template
similarity index 100%
rename from set-web/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml.template
rename to set-web/src/main/resources/log4j2-spring.xml.template