diff --git a/scm-server/pom.xml b/scm-server/pom.xml
index 45770e738d..36111f5cca 100644
--- a/scm-server/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-server/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,12 @@
                   <platforms>
                     <platform>commons-daemon</platform>
                   </platforms>
-
+                  
+                  <jvmSettings>
+                    <systemProperties>
+                      <arg>logback.configurationFile=logging.xml</arg>
+                    </systemProperties>
+                  </jvmSettings>
 
                   <generatorConfigurations>
                     <generatorConfiguration>
diff --git a/scm-server/src/main/assembly/scm-server-app.xml b/scm-server/src/main/assembly/scm-server-app.xml
index 8691c4a74b..971bd0dba6 100644
--- a/scm-server/src/main/assembly/scm-server-app.xml
+++ b/scm-server/src/main/assembly/scm-server-app.xml
@@ -71,8 +71,21 @@
       <filtered>false</filtered>
       <outputDirectory>var/webapp/docroot</outputDirectory>
     </fileSet>
-
     
   </fileSets>
   
+  <files>
+    
+    <!-- 
+      copy release logging configuration to config directory 
+    -->
+    
+    <file>
+      <source>../scm-webapp/src/main/resources/logback.release.xml</source>
+      <outputDirectory>conf</outputDirectory>
+      <destName>logging.xml</destName>
+    </file>
+    
+  </files>
+  
 </assembly>
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