# Logstash doesn't take changes from log4j2.properties after restart service

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-doesnt-take-changes-from-log4j2-properties-after-restart-service/266751>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 9, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-doesnt-take-changes-from-log4j2-properties-after-restart-service/266751 "2021-03-09T20:11:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 8:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-doesnt-take-changes-from-log4j2-properties-after-restart-service/266751/2 "2021-03-09T20:33:04Z")

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You may find [this thread](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rotate-and-remove-old-logstash-output-logs/256803) useful. Especially the part about the log4j2 properties being applied to the wrong appender.

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