diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0c79d56..7173ac7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@
 			<artifactId>jetty</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/rometools/fetcher/impl/AbstractFeedFetcher.java b/src/main/java/org/rometools/fetcher/impl/AbstractFeedFetcher.java
index 7478d86..499caf7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/rometools/fetcher/impl/AbstractFeedFetcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/rometools/fetcher/impl/AbstractFeedFetcher.java
@@ -29,10 +29,15 @@ import org.rometools.fetcher.FeedFetcher;
 import org.rometools.fetcher.FetcherEvent;
 import org.rometools.fetcher.FetcherException;
 import org.rometools.fetcher.FetcherListener;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import com.sun.syndication.feed.synd.SyndFeed;
 
 public abstract class AbstractFeedFetcher implements FeedFetcher {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractFeedFetcher.class);
+
     private final Set<FetcherListener> fetcherEventListeners;
     private String userAgent;
     private boolean usingDeltaEncoding;
@@ -54,11 +59,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractFeedFetcher implements FeedFetcher {
                 System.getProperties().putAll(props);
                 inputStream.close();
             } else {
-                System.err.println("Could not find " + resourceName + " on classpath");
+                LOG.warn("Could not find {} on classpath", resourceName);
             }
         } catch (final IOException e) {
             // do nothing - we don't want to fail just because we could not find the version
-            System.err.println("Error reading " + resourceName + " from classpath: " + e.getMessage());
+            LOG.error("Error reading {} from classpath: {}", resourceName, e.getMessage());
         }
 
         setUserAgent(DEFAULT_USER_AGENT + " Ver: " + System.getProperty("rome.fetcher.version", "UNKNOWN"));
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/rometools/test/AbstractJettyTest.java b/src/test/java/org/rometools/test/AbstractJettyTest.java
index 90e8276..03bfe6e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/rometools/test/AbstractJettyTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/rometools/test/AbstractJettyTest.java
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ import org.rometools.fetcher.FetcherException;
 import org.rometools.fetcher.FetcherListener;
 import org.rometools.fetcher.impl.FeedFetcherCache;
 import org.rometools.fetcher.impl.HashMapFeedInfoCache;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import com.sun.syndication.feed.atom.Entry;
 import com.sun.syndication.feed.synd.SyndEntry;
@@ -45,6 +47,8 @@ import com.sun.syndication.feed.synd.SyndFeed;
  */
 public abstract class AbstractJettyTest extends TestCase {
 
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractJettyTest.class);
+
     private HttpServer server;
     private final int testPort = 8283;
 
@@ -84,6 +88,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractJettyTest extends TestCase {
      * @throws InterruptedException
      */
     private void setupServer() throws InterruptedException {
+
         // Create the server
         if (server != null) {
             server.stop();
@@ -146,13 +151,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractJettyTest extends TestCase {
         public void fetcherEvent(final FetcherEvent event) {
             final String eventType = event.getEventType();
             if (FetcherEvent.EVENT_TYPE_FEED_POLLED.equals(eventType)) {
-                System.err.println("\tEVENT: Feed Polled. URL = " + event.getUrlString());
+                LOG.debug("\tEVENT: Feed Polled. URL = " + event.getUrlString());
                 polled = true;
             } else if (FetcherEvent.EVENT_TYPE_FEED_RETRIEVED.equals(eventType)) {
-                System.err.println("\tEVENT: Feed Retrieved. URL = " + event.getUrlString());
+                LOG.debug("\tEVENT: Feed Retrieved. URL = " + event.getUrlString());
                 retrieved = true;
             } else if (FetcherEvent.EVENT_TYPE_FEED_UNCHANGED.equals(eventType)) {
-                System.err.println("\tEVENT: Feed Unchanged. URL = " + event.getUrlString());
+                LOG.debug("\tEVENT: Feed Unchanged. URL = " + event.getUrlString());
                 unchanged = true;
             }
         }
@@ -215,7 +220,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractJettyTest extends TestCase {
 
     /**
      * Test getting a feed via a http 301 redirect
-     * 
+     *
      */
     public void testRetrieveRedirectedFeed() {
         final FeedFetcher feedFetcher = getFeedFetcher();
@@ -231,7 +236,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractJettyTest extends TestCase {
 
     /**
      * Test error handling
-     * 
+     *
      */
     public void testErrorHandling() {
         final FeedFetcher feedFetcher = getFeedFetcher();
@@ -260,14 +265,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractJettyTest extends TestCase {
 
     public void testUserAgent() {
         final FeedFetcher feedFetcher = getFeedFetcher();
-        // System.out.println(feedFetcher.getUserAgent());
-        // System.out.println(System.getProperty("rome.fetcher.version", "UNKNOWN"));
+        // LOG.debug(feedFetcher.getUserAgent());
+        // LOG.debug(System.getProperty("rome.fetcher.version", "UNKNOWN"));
         assertEquals("Rome Client (http://tinyurl.com/64t5n) Ver: " + System.getProperty("rome.fetcher.version", "UNKNOWN"), feedFetcher.getUserAgent());
     }
 
     /**
      * Test events fired when there is no cache in use
-     * 
+     *
      */
     public void testFetchEvents() {
         final FeedFetcher feedFetcher = getFeedFetcher();
@@ -297,7 +302,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractJettyTest extends TestCase {
 
     /**
      * Test events fired when there is a cache in use
-     * 
+     *
      */
     public void testFetchEventsWithCache() {
         final FeedFetcherCache feedInfoCache = new HashMapFeedInfoCache();
@@ -336,7 +341,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractJettyTest extends TestCase {
 
     /**
      * Test handling of GZipped feed
-     * 
+     *
      */
     public void testGZippedFeed() {
         final FeedFetcher feedFetcher = getFeedFetcher();
diff --git a/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml b/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44dea42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<configuration>
+
+	<appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+		<encoder>
+			<pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger - %msg%n</pattern>
+		</encoder>
+	</appender>
+
+	<root level="warn">
+		<appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+	</root>
+
+</configuration>
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