properties log4j.appender.ConsoleAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.ConsoleAppender.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %p %c{1} - %m%n log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, ConsoleAppender <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId> <artifactId>log4j-scala-api</artifactId> <version>2.14.1</version> <scope>compile</scope> </dependency> import org.apache.logging.log4j.scala.Logging; public class MyClass extends SomeOtherClass implements Logging { public void myMethod() { logger.debug("Debug message"); logger.info("Info message"); logger.warn("Warning message"); logger.error("Error message"); } }