diff --git a/edu.kit.ipd.descartes.adaptation/src/edu/kit/ipd/descartes/adaptation/AdaptationControl.java b/edu.kit.ipd.descartes.adaptation/src/edu/kit/ipd/descartes/adaptation/AdaptationControl.java
index 22545bbe91443844ae5886a8b2f850c6b07e63ae..d7d89f546e1ee519737ccde0c62ec4e797943868 100644
--- a/edu.kit.ipd.descartes.adaptation/src/edu/kit/ipd/descartes/adaptation/AdaptationControl.java
+++ b/edu.kit.ipd.descartes.adaptation/src/edu/kit/ipd/descartes/adaptation/AdaptationControl.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
+import org.apache.log4j.BasicConfigurator;
 import org.apache.log4j.Level;
 import org.apache.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ public class AdaptationControl {
      */
     public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
         String propertiesfile = args[0];
+        BasicConfigurator.configure();
         LogManager.getRootLogger().setLevel(Level.DEBUG);
 
         AdaptationControl adaptationController = new AdaptationControl();