http://github.com/ceki/logback/commit/b6bb584c8cb7ff7e6ebf9a0eefcfec48f5a8418c Does not compile, it has some xxxxxx in ConsoleAppender. Also, I think there's a problem with logback-classic pom. It overrides logback-core compile dependency with a logback-core test- dependency. Regards, Joern.