diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zipcode/transcurrency/Transcurrency/services/CreditCardService.java b/src/main/java/com/zipcode/transcurrency/Transcurrency/services/CreditCardService.java
index e9589ca..a1cb95a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zipcode/transcurrency/Transcurrency/services/CreditCardService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zipcode/transcurrency/Transcurrency/services/CreditCardService.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public class CreditCardService {
     private CreditCardRepository creditCardRepository;
 
     public CreditCardService(CreditCardRepository creditCardRepository) {
+        logger.info("Committing creditCardRepository to memory.");
         this.creditCardRepository = creditCardRepository;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/src/main/resources/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab7163c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+    <appender name = "STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>
+                [%d{yyyy'T'HH:mm:ss.sss'Z'}][%C][%t][$L][%-5p] %m%n
+            </pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+    <appender name="File" class="ch.qos.logback.core.FileAppender">
+        <File>
+            C:\Users\paul_\Code\Logging\TranscurrencyLogback.log
+        </File>
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>
+                [%d{yyyy'T'HH:mm:ss.sss'Z'}][%C][%t][$L][%-5p] %m%n
+            </pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+    <root level="INFO">
+        <appender-ref ref="File"/>
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
+
+    </root>
+
+</configuration>
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diff --git a/target/classes/logback.xml b/target/classes/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab7163c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/classes/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+    <appender name = "STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>
+                [%d{yyyy'T'HH:mm:ss.sss'Z'}][%C][%t][$L][%-5p] %m%n
+            </pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+    <appender name="File" class="ch.qos.logback.core.FileAppender">
+        <File>
+            C:\Users\paul_\Code\Logging\TranscurrencyLogback.log
+        </File>
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>
+                [%d{yyyy'T'HH:mm:ss.sss'Z'}][%C][%t][$L][%-5p] %m%n
+            </pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+    <root level="INFO">
+        <appender-ref ref="File"/>
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
+
+    </root>
+
+</configuration>
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