diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 6c78155a85..6257958546 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ String mainBranch
 Maven setupMavenBuild() {
   Maven mvn = new MavenWrapperInDocker(this, "scmmanager/java-build:11.0.6_10")
   // disable logging durring the build
-  mvn.additionalArgs += ' -Dlogback.configurationFile=scm-webapp/src/main/resources/logback.ci.xml'
+  def logConf = "scm-webapp/src/main/resources/logback.ci.xml"
+  mvn.additionalArgs += " -Dlogback.configurationFile=${logConf}"
+  mvn.additionalArgs += " -Dscm-it.logbackConfiguration=${logConf}"
 
   if (isMainBranch()) {
     // Release starts javadoc, which takes very long, so do only for certain branches
diff --git a/scm-it/pom.xml b/scm-it/pom.xml
index 9064a39fc1..8cc56d332f 100644
--- a/scm-it/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-it/pom.xml
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@
                   <name>sonia.scm.classloading.lifecycle</name>
                   <value>simple</value>
                 </systemProperty>
+                <systemProperty>
+                  <name>logback.configurationFile</name>
+                  <value>${scm-it.logbackConfiguration}</value>
+                </systemProperty>
               </systemProperties>
               <webApp>
                 <contextPath>/scm</contextPath>
@@ -237,10 +241,10 @@
       <properties>
         <scm.stage>DEVELOPMENT</scm.stage>
         <scm.home>target/scm-it</scm.home>
+        <scm-it.logbackConfiguration>${project.basedir}/../scm-webapp/src/main/resources/logback.default.xml</scm-it.logbackConfiguration>
       </properties>
 
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
 </project>
-