diff --git a/desktop/resources/log4j.properties b/desktop/resources/log4j.properties
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+log4j.rootLogger=INFO, console, file
+log4j.appender.console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n
+
+log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.file.File=ticks_tales.log
+log4j.appender.file.MaxFileSize=10MB
+log4j.appender.file.MaxBackupIndex=10
+log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n