diff --git a/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/HammerHead.java b/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/HammerHead.java
index 2c15bf538..8af97ff56 100644
--- a/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/HammerHead.java
+++ b/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/HammerHead.java
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ public class HammerHead extends HttpServlet {
         httpDateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
         propertiesPath = getServletContext().getRealPath("/WEB-INF/webgoat.properties");
         webgoatContext = new WebgoatContext(this);
+        logger.info("Browse to http://localhost:8080/WebGoat and happy hacking!");
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/webgoat-container/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/webgoat-container/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
index 7dee72c2e..2d27828df 100644
--- a/webgoat-container/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/webgoat-container/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout.conversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p
 
 
 # a little less spring output
-log4j.category.org.springframework = INFO 
+log4j.category.org.springframework = INFO
+log4j.category.org.apache=INFO
 
 log4j.appender.default.out=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 log4j.appender.default.out.threeshold=DEBUG