diff --git a/backends/libpurple/main.cpp b/backends/libpurple/main.cpp
index 84a7dd8f..2ee4a155 100644
--- a/backends/libpurple/main.cpp
+++ b/backends/libpurple/main.cpp
@@ -15,15 +15,20 @@
 #include "transport/networkplugin.h"
 #include "spectrumeventloop.h"
 #include "geventloop.h"
+#include "log4cxx/logger.h"
+#include "log4cxx/consoleappender.h"
+#include "log4cxx/patternlayout.h"
 
-#define Log(X, STRING) std::cout << "[SPECTRUM] " << X << " " << STRING << "\n";
+using namespace log4cxx;
 
+static LoggerPtr logger_libpurple = Logger::getLogger("backend.libpurple");
+static LoggerPtr logger = Logger::getLogger("backend");
 
 using namespace Transport;
 
 class SpectrumNetworkPlugin;
 
-Logger *_logger;
+
 SpectrumNetworkPlugin *np;
 
 static gboolean nodaemon = FALSE;
@@ -107,14 +112,14 @@ static void * requestInput(const char *title, const char *primary,const char *se
 static void *requestAction(const char *title, const char *primary, const char *secondary, int default_action, PurpleAccount *account, const char *who,PurpleConversation *conv, void *user_data, size_t action_count, va_list actions){
 	std::string t(title ? title : "NULL");
 	if (t == "SSL Certificate Verification") {
-		Log("purple", "accepting SSL certificate");
+		LOG4CXX_INFO(logger,  "accepting SSL certificate");
 		va_arg(actions, char *);
 		((PurpleRequestActionCb) va_arg(actions, GCallback)) (user_data, 2);
 	}
 	else {
 		if (title) {
 			std::string headerString(title);
-			Log("purple", "header string: " << headerString);
+			LOG4CXX_INFO(logger,  "header string: " << headerString);
 			if (headerString == "SSL Certificate Verification") {
 				va_arg(actions, char *);
 				((PurpleRequestActionCb) va_arg(actions, GCallback)) (user_data, 2);
@@ -149,7 +154,7 @@ class SpectrumNetworkPlugin : public NetworkPlugin {
 			PurpleAccount *account = NULL;
 			const char *protocol = CONFIG_STRING(config, "service.protocol").c_str();
 			if (purple_accounts_find(legacyName.c_str(), protocol) != NULL){
-				Log(user, "this account already exists");
+// 				Log(user, "this account already exists");
 				account = purple_accounts_find(legacyName.c_str(), protocol);
 // 				User *u = (User *) account->ui_data;
 // 				if (u && u != user) {
@@ -158,7 +163,7 @@ class SpectrumNetworkPlugin : public NetworkPlugin {
 // 				}
 			}
 			else {
-				Log(user, "creating new account");
+// 				Log(user, "creating new account");
 				account = purple_account_new(legacyName.c_str(), protocol);
 
 				purple_accounts_add(account);
@@ -848,16 +853,17 @@ static void signed_on(PurpleConnection *gc, gpointer unused) {
 }
 
 static void printDebug(PurpleDebugLevel level, const char *category, const char *arg_s) {
-	std::string c("[LIBPURPLE");
+	std::string c("");
+	std::string args(arg_s);
+	args.erase(args.size() - 1);
 
 	if (category) {
-		c.push_back('/');
 		c.append(category);
 	}
 
-	c.push_back(']');
+	c.push_back(':');
 
-	std::cout << c << " " << arg_s;
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger_libpurple, c << args);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1025,6 +1031,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 			return 1;
 		}
 
+		LoggerPtr root = log4cxx::Logger::getRootLogger();
+		root->addAppender(new ConsoleAppender(new PatternLayout("%d %-5p %c: %m%n")));
+
 		initPurple(config);
 
 		SpectrumEventLoop eventLoop;
diff --git a/src/networkplugin.cpp b/src/networkplugin.cpp
index eec1f08e..0e73f41d 100644
--- a/src/networkplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/networkplugin.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@
 #include "Swiften/Server/ServerStanzaChannel.h"
 #include "Swiften/Elements/StreamError.h"
 #include "pbnetwork.pb.h"
+#include "log4cxx/logger.h"
+#include "log4cxx/basicconfigurator.h"
+
+using namespace log4cxx;
+
+static LoggerPtr logger = Logger::getLogger("NetworkPlugin");
 
 namespace Transport {
 
@@ -238,24 +244,24 @@ void NetworkPlugin::handleRoomChanged(const std::string &user, const std::string
 
 void NetworkPlugin::_handleConnected(bool error) {
 	if (error) {
-		std::cerr << "Connecting error\n";
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "Connecting error. Exiting");
 		m_pingTimer->stop();
 		exit(1);
 	}
 	else {
-		std::cout << "Connected\n";
+		LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Connected to NetworkPluginServer");
 		m_pingTimer->start();
 	}
 }
 
 void NetworkPlugin::handleDisconnected() {
-	std::cerr << "Disconnected\n";
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Disconnected from NetworkPluginServer. Exiting.");
 	m_pingTimer->stop();
 	exit(1);
 }
 
 void NetworkPlugin::connect() {
-	std::cout << "Trying to connect the server\n";
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Connecting NetworkPluginServer host " << m_host << " port " << m_port);
 	m_conn->connect(Swift::HostAddressPort(Swift::HostAddress(m_host), m_port));
 }
 
@@ -457,12 +463,12 @@ void NetworkPlugin::sendPong() {
 	wrap.SerializeToString(&message);
 
 	send(message);
-	std::cout << "SENDING PONG\n";
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "PONG");
 }
 
 void NetworkPlugin::pingTimeout() {
-	std::cout << "PINGTIMEOUT " << m_pingReceived << " " << this << "\n";
 	if (m_pingReceived == false) {
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "No PING received for long time (NetworkPluginServer crashed?). Exiting");
 		exit(1);
 	}
 	m_pingReceived = false;
diff --git a/src/networkpluginserver.cpp b/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
index 079f8e62..d60451f1 100644
--- a/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
+++ b/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
@@ -37,9 +37,14 @@
 #include "pbnetwork.pb.h"
 #include "sys/wait.h"
 #include "sys/signal.h"
+#include "log4cxx/logger.h"
+
+using namespace log4cxx;
 
 namespace Transport {
 
+static LoggerPtr logger = Logger::getLogger("NetworkPluginServer");
+
 class NetworkConversation : public Conversation {
 	public:
 		NetworkConversation(ConversationManager *conversationManager, const std::string &legacyName, bool muc = false) : Conversation(conversationManager, legacyName, muc) {
@@ -85,6 +90,7 @@ class NetworkFactory : public Factory {
 	wrap.SerializeToString(&MESSAGE);
 	
 static int exec_(const char *path, const char *host, const char *port, const char *config) {
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Starting new backend " << path);
 // 	char *argv[] = {(char*)script_name, '\0'}; 
 	int status = 0;
 	pid_t pid = fork();
@@ -139,6 +145,8 @@ NetworkPluginServer::NetworkPluginServer(Component *component, Config *config, U
 	m_server->onNewConnection.connect(boost::bind(&NetworkPluginServer::handleNewClientConnection, this, _1));
 	m_server->start();
 
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Listening on host " << CONFIG_STRING(m_config, "service.backend_host") << " port " << CONFIG_STRING(m_config, "service.backend_port"));
+
 	signal(SIGCHLD, SigCatcher);
 
 	exec_(CONFIG_STRING(m_config, "service.backend").c_str(), CONFIG_STRING(m_config, "service.backend_host").c_str(), CONFIG_STRING(m_config, "service.backend_port").c_str(), m_config->getConfigFile().c_str());
@@ -155,6 +163,8 @@ void NetworkPluginServer::handleNewClientConnection(boost::shared_ptr<Swift::Con
 	client->pongReceived = true;
 	client->connection = c;
 
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "New backend " << client << " connected. Current backend count=" << (m_clients.size() + 1));
+
 	if (m_clients.size() == 0) {
 		// first backend connected, start the server, we're ready.
 		m_component->start();
@@ -169,7 +179,9 @@ void NetworkPluginServer::handleNewClientConnection(boost::shared_ptr<Swift::Con
 }
 
 void NetworkPluginServer::handleSessionFinished(Client *c) {
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Backend " << c << " disconnected. Current backend count=" << (m_clients.size() - 1));
 	for (std::list<User *>::const_iterator it = c->users.begin(); it != c->users.end(); it++) {
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "Backend " << c << " disconnected (probably crashed) with active user " << (*it)->getJID().toString());
 		(*it)->setData(NULL);
 		(*it)->handleDisconnected("Internal Server Error, please reconnect.");
 	}
@@ -188,14 +200,11 @@ void NetworkPluginServer::handleSessionFinished(Client *c) {
 
 void NetworkPluginServer::handleConnectedPayload(const std::string &data) {
 	pbnetwork::Connected payload;
-	std::cout << "CONNECTED LOGIN 2 " << payload.user() << "\n";
 	if (payload.ParseFromString(data) == false) {
 		// TODO: ERROR
 		return;
 	}
-	std::cout << "CONNECTED LOGIN 3 " << payload.user() << "\n";
 	m_component->m_userRegistry->onPasswordValid(payload.user());
-// 	std::cout << payload.name() << "\n";
 }
 
 void NetworkPluginServer::handleDisconnectedPayload(const std::string &data) {
@@ -269,7 +278,6 @@ void NetworkPluginServer::handleChatStatePayload(const std::string &data, Swift:
 
 	NetworkConversation *conv = (NetworkConversation *) user->getConversationManager()->getConversation(payload.buddyname());
 	if (!conv) {
-		std::cout << "handling chatstate: NO conv with buddyname=" << payload.buddyname() << "\n";
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -456,7 +464,6 @@ void NetworkPluginServer::send(boost::shared_ptr<Swift::Connection> &c, const st
 }
 
 void NetworkPluginServer::pingTimeout() {
-	std::cout << "pingtimeout\n";
 	for (std::list<Client *>::const_iterator it = m_clients.begin(); it != m_clients.end(); it++) {
 		if ((*it)->pongReceived) {
 			sendPing((*it));
@@ -471,6 +478,7 @@ void NetworkPluginServer::pingTimeout() {
 void NetworkPluginServer::handleUserCreated(User *user) {
 	Client *c = getFreeClient();
 	if (!c) {
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "There is no backend to handle user " << user->getJID().toString());
 		user->handleDisconnected("Internal Server Error, please reconnect.");
 		return;
 	}
@@ -589,7 +597,7 @@ void NetworkPluginServer::handleUserDestroyed(User *user) {
 	send(c->connection, message);
 	c->users.remove(user);
 	if (c->users.size() == 0) {
-		std::cout << "DISCONNECTING\n";
+		LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Disconnecting backend " << c << ". There are no users.");
 		c->connection->disconnect();
 		c->connection.reset();
 // 		m_clients.erase(user->connection);
@@ -731,7 +739,7 @@ void NetworkPluginServer::sendPing(Client *c) {
 
 	send(c->connection, message);
 	c->pongReceived = false;
-	std::cout << "SENDING PING\n";
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "PING to " << c);
 }
 
 NetworkPluginServer::Client *NetworkPluginServer::getFreeClient() {
diff --git a/src/sqlite3backend.cpp b/src/sqlite3backend.cpp
index d9f65d11..d75b52d6 100644
--- a/src/sqlite3backend.cpp
+++ b/src/sqlite3backend.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 
 #include "transport/sqlite3backend.h"
 #include <boost/bind.hpp>
+#include "log4cxx/logger.h"
+
+using namespace log4cxx;
 
 #define SQLITE_DB_VERSION 3
 #define CHECK_DB_RESPONSE(stmt) \
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@
 // Prepare the SQL statement
 #define PREP_STMT(sql, str) \
 	if(sqlite3_prepare_v2(m_db, std::string(str).c_str(), -1, &sql, NULL)) { \
-		onStorageError(str, (sqlite3_errmsg(m_db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(m_db))); \
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, str<< (sqlite3_errmsg(m_db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(m_db))); \
 		return false; \
 	}
 
@@ -52,18 +55,19 @@
 #define GET_INT(STATEMENT)	sqlite3_column_int(STATEMENT, STATEMENT##_id_get++)
 #define GET_STR(STATEMENT)	(const char *) sqlite3_column_text(STATEMENT, STATEMENT##_id_get++)
 #define EXECUTE_STATEMENT(STATEMENT, NAME) 	if(sqlite3_step(STATEMENT) != SQLITE_DONE) {\
-		onStorageError(NAME, (sqlite3_errmsg(m_db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(m_db)));\
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, NAME<< (sqlite3_errmsg(m_db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(m_db)));\
 			}
 
 using namespace boost;
 
 namespace Transport {
 
+static LoggerPtr logger = Logger::getLogger("SQLite3Backend");
+
 SQLite3Backend::SQLite3Backend(Config *config) {
 	m_config = config;
 	m_db = NULL;
 	m_prefix = CONFIG_STRING(m_config, "database.prefix");
-	std::cout << "SQLITE3 " << this << "\n";
 }
 
 SQLite3Backend::~SQLite3Backend(){
@@ -96,6 +100,7 @@ SQLite3Backend::~SQLite3Backend(){
 }
 
 bool SQLite3Backend::connect() {
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Opening database " << CONFIG_STRING(m_config, "database.database"));
 	if (sqlite3_open(CONFIG_STRING(m_config, "database.database").c_str(), &m_db)) {
 		sqlite3_close(m_db);
 		return false;
@@ -186,7 +191,7 @@ bool SQLite3Backend::exec(const std::string &query) {
 	char *errMsg = 0;
 	int rc = sqlite3_exec(m_db, query.c_str(), NULL, 0, &errMsg);
 	if (rc != SQLITE_OK) {
-		onStorageError(query, errMsg);
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, errMsg << " during statement " << query);
 		sqlite3_free(errMsg);
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -203,7 +208,7 @@ void SQLite3Backend::setUser(const UserInfo &user) {
 	sqlite3_bind_int (m_setUser, 6, user.vip);
 
 	if(sqlite3_step(m_setUser) != SQLITE_DONE) {
-		onStorageError("setUser query", (sqlite3_errmsg(m_db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(m_db)));
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "setUser query"<< (sqlite3_errmsg(m_db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(m_db)));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -225,7 +230,7 @@ bool SQLite3Backend::getUser(const std::string &barejid, UserInfo &user) {
 	}
 
 	if (ret != SQLITE_DONE) {
-		onStorageError("getUser query", (sqlite3_errmsg(m_db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(m_db)));
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "getUser query"<< (sqlite3_errmsg(m_db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(m_db)));
 	}
 
 	return false;
@@ -246,7 +251,7 @@ long SQLite3Backend::addBuddy(long userId, const BuddyInfo &buddyInfo) {
 	BIND_INT(m_addBuddy, buddyInfo.flags);
 
 	if(sqlite3_step(m_addBuddy) != SQLITE_DONE) {
-		onStorageError("addBuddy query", (sqlite3_errmsg(m_db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(m_db)));
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "addBuddy query"<< (sqlite3_errmsg(m_db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(m_db)));
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -347,7 +352,7 @@ bool SQLite3Backend::getBuddies(long id, std::list<BuddyInfo> &roster) {
 		}
 
 // 		if (ret != SQLITE_DONE) {
-// 			onStorageError("getBuddiesSettings query", (sqlite3_errmsg(m_db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(m_db)));
+// 			LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "getBuddiesSettings query"<< (sqlite3_errmsg(m_db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(m_db)));
 // 			return false;
 // 		}
 
@@ -355,7 +360,7 @@ bool SQLite3Backend::getBuddies(long id, std::list<BuddyInfo> &roster) {
 	}
 
 	if (ret != SQLITE_DONE) {
-		onStorageError("getBuddies query", (sqlite3_errmsg(m_db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(m_db)));
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "getBuddies query"<< (sqlite3_errmsg(m_db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(m_db)));
 		return false;
 	}
 	
@@ -366,28 +371,28 @@ bool SQLite3Backend::removeUser(long id) {
 	sqlite3_reset(m_removeUser);
 	sqlite3_bind_int(m_removeUser, 1, id);
 	if(sqlite3_step(m_removeUser) != SQLITE_DONE) {
-		onStorageError("removeUser query", (sqlite3_errmsg(m_db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(m_db)));
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "removeUser query"<< (sqlite3_errmsg(m_db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(m_db)));
 		return false;
 	}
 
 	sqlite3_reset(m_removeUserSettings);
 	sqlite3_bind_int(m_removeUserSettings, 1, id);
 	if(sqlite3_step(m_removeUserSettings) != SQLITE_DONE) {
-		onStorageError("removeUserSettings query", (sqlite3_errmsg(m_db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(m_db)));
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "removeUserSettings query"<< (sqlite3_errmsg(m_db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(m_db)));
 		return false;
 	}
 
 	sqlite3_reset(m_removeUserBuddies);
 	sqlite3_bind_int(m_removeUserBuddies, 1, id);
 	if(sqlite3_step(m_removeUserBuddies) != SQLITE_DONE) {
-		onStorageError("removeUserBuddies query", (sqlite3_errmsg(m_db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(m_db)));
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "removeUserBuddies query"<< (sqlite3_errmsg(m_db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(m_db)));
 		return false;
 	}
 
 	sqlite3_reset(m_removeUserBuddiesSettings);
 	sqlite3_bind_int(m_removeUserBuddiesSettings, 1, id);
 	if(sqlite3_step(m_removeUserBuddiesSettings) != SQLITE_DONE) {
-		onStorageError("removeUserBuddiesSettings query", (sqlite3_errmsg(m_db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(m_db)));
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "removeUserBuddiesSettings query"<< (sqlite3_errmsg(m_db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(m_db)));
 		return false;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/transport.cpp b/src/transport.cpp
index b3426327..965a2688 100644
--- a/src/transport.cpp
+++ b/src/transport.cpp
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@
 #include "Swiften/TLS/OpenSSL/OpenSSLServerContext.h"
 #include "Swiften/TLS/PKCS12Certificate.h"
 #include "Swiften/TLS/OpenSSL/OpenSSLServerContextFactory.h"
-#include <log4cxx/logger.h>
-#include "log4cxx/basicconfigurator.h"
+#include "log4cxx/logger.h"
+#include "log4cxx/consoleappender.h"
+#include "log4cxx/patternlayout.h"
 
 using namespace Swift;
 using namespace boost;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ using namespace log4cxx;
 namespace Transport {
 	
 static LoggerPtr logger = Logger::getLogger("Component");
+static LoggerPtr logger_xml = Logger::getLogger("Component.XML");
 
 class MyUserRegistry : public Swift::UserRegistry {
 	public:
@@ -66,7 +68,11 @@ Component::Component(Swift::EventLoop *loop, Config *config, Factory *factory) {
 	m_factory = factory;
 	m_loop = loop;
 
-	BasicConfigurator::configure();
+// 	BasicConfigurator::configure();
+
+	LoggerPtr root = Logger::getRootLogger();
+	root->addAppender(new ConsoleAppender(new PatternLayout("%d %-5p %c: %m%n")));
+
 
 	m_jid = Swift::JID(CONFIG_STRING(m_config, "service.jid"));
 
@@ -201,11 +207,11 @@ void Component::handleConnectionError(const ComponentError &error) {
 }
 
 void Component::handleDataRead(const Swift::SafeByteArray &data) {
-	onXMLIn(safeByteArrayToString(data));
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger_xml, "XML IN " << safeByteArrayToString(data));
 }
 
 void Component::handleDataWritten(const Swift::SafeByteArray &data) {
-	onXMLOut(safeByteArrayToString(data));
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger_xml, "XML OUT " << safeByteArrayToString(data));
 }
 
 void Component::handlePresence(Swift::Presence::ref presence) {