diff --git a/config/gradle/ide.gradle b/config/gradle/ide.gradle
index b925cd15d..d246c9e62 100644
--- a/config/gradle/ide.gradle
+++ b/config/gradle/ide.gradle
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ ext {
                 </pattern>
               </extension>
               <option name="MAIN_CLASS_NAME" value="org.destinationsol.desktop.SolDesktop"/>
-              <option name="VM_PARAMETERS" value="-splash:engine/src/main/resources/assets/textures/mainMenu/mainMenuLogo.png %s -Xms256m -Xmx1024m -Dlog4j.configuration=log4j-debug.properties"/>
+              <option name="VM_PARAMETERS" value="-splash:engine/src/main/resources/assets/textures/mainMenu/mainMenuLogo.png %s -Xms256m -Xmx1024m/>
               <option name="PROGRAM_PARAMETERS" value="-noCrashReport %s"/>
               <option name="WORKING_DIRECTORY" value="file://$PROJECT_DIR$"/>
               <option name="ALTERNATIVE_JRE_PATH_ENABLED" value="false"/>
diff --git a/desktop/build.gradle b/desktop/build.gradle
index 584f97b2c..606af346d 100644
--- a/desktop/build.gradle
+++ b/desktop/build.gradle
@@ -31,19 +31,27 @@ dependencies {
     compile "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-controllers-lwjgl3:$gdxVersion"
 
     compile group: 'org.terasology.crashreporter', name: 'cr-destsol', version: '4.0.0'
-    compile group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-log4j12', version: '1.7.25'
+
+    compile group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-api', version: '1.7.25'
+    runtime group: 'ch.qos.logback', name: 'logback-core', version: '1.2.3'
+    runtime group: 'ch.qos.logback', name: 'logback-classic', version: '1.2.3'
+
+    /* Add this to the android distribution!
+    runtime group: 'com.github.tony19', name: 'logback-android', version: '2.0.0'
+    runtime group: 'com.github.tony19', name: 'logback-android-classic', version: '1.1.1-6'
+    */
 }
 
 task run(type: JavaExec) {
     dependsOn classes
     //TODO: Remove extra args when the splash screen works on Macs again - see https://github.com/MovingBlocks/DestinationSol/issues/414
     if (System.properties["os.name"].toLowerCase().contains("mac")) {
-        jvmArgs = ["-splash:../engine/src/main/resources/assets/textures/mainMenu/mainMenuLogo.png", "-XstartOnFirstThread", "-Dlog4j.configuration=log4j-debug.properties"]
+        jvmArgs = ["-splash:../engine/src/main/resources/assets/textures/mainMenu/mainMenuLogo.png", "-XstartOnFirstThread"]
         String[] runArgs = ["-noSplash"]
         args runArgs
     }
     else {
-        jvmArgs = ["-splash:../engine/src/main/resources/assets/textures/mainMenu/mainMenuLogo.png", "-Dlog4j.configuration=log4j-debug.properties"]
+        jvmArgs = ["-splash:../engine/src/main/resources/assets/textures/mainMenu/mainMenuLogo.png"]
     }
     main = project.mainClassName
     classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
@@ -148,7 +156,7 @@ eclipse {
                         <booleanAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.ATTR_USE_START_ON_FIRST_THREAD" value="true"/>
                         <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.MAIN_TYPE" value="org.destinationsol.desktop.SolDesktop"/>
                         <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.PROJECT_ATTR" value="DestinationSol-desktop"/>
-                        <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.VM_ARGUMENTS" value="-splash:../engine/src/main/resources/assets/textures/mainMenu/mainMenuLogo.png -Dlog4j.configuration=log4j-debug.properties"/>
+                        <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.VM_ARGUMENTS" value="-splash:../engine/src/main/resources/assets/textures/mainMenu/mainMenuLogo.png"/>
                         <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.WORKING_DIRECTORY" value="${workspace_loc:DestinationSol-engine}"/>
                     </launchConfiguration>
                 ''')
@@ -174,6 +182,6 @@ task afterEclipseImport(description: "Post processing after project generation",
 
 tasks.withType(JavaExec) {
     if (System.getProperty('DEBUG', 'false') == 'true') {
-        jvmArgs '-Xdebug', '-Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=9099', '-Dlog4j.configuration=log4j-debug.properties'
+        jvmArgs '-Xdebug', '-Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=9099'
     }
 }
diff --git a/desktop/src/main/resources/assets/logback.xml b/desktop/src/main/resources/assets/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..377653d94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/src/main/resources/assets/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<configuration>
+    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <tagEncoder>
+            <pattern>%logger{12}</pattern>
+        </tagEncoder>
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%-5level [%thread] (%F:%L) %message%n</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <root level="INFO">
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+    </root>
+</configuration>
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diff --git a/engine/build.gradle b/engine/build.gradle
index 86c80cb91..3011df87f 100644
--- a/engine/build.gradle
+++ b/engine/build.gradle
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ dependencies {
     testCompile group: 'org.mockito', name: 'mockito-core', version: '2.7.22'
     testCompile group: 'org.jboss.shrinkwrap', name: 'shrinkwrap-depchain-java7', version: '1.1.3'
     testCompile group: 'org.assertj', name: 'assertj-core', version: '3.9.0'
+
+    // Logging
+    testRuntime group: 'ch.qos.logback', name: 'logback-core', version: '1.2.3'
+    testRuntime group: 'ch.qos.logback', name: 'logback-classic', version: '1.2.3'
 }
 
 task cacheReflections {
diff --git a/engine/src/main/resources/log4j-debug.properties b/engine/src/main/resources/log4j-debug.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d36f070b..000000000
--- a/engine/src/main/resources/log4j-debug.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, STDOUT
-log4j.logger.deng=DEBUG
-log4j.appender.STDOUT=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-log4j.appender.STDOUT.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.STDOUT.layout.ConversionPattern=%5p [%t] (%F:%L) - %m%n
diff --git a/engine/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/engine/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index e603564a5..000000000
--- a/engine/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, STDOUT
-log4j.logger.deng=DEBUG
-log4j.appender.STDOUT=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-log4j.appender.STDOUT.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.STDOUT.layout.ConversionPattern=%5p [%t] (%F:%L) - %m%n
-log4j.appender.STDOUT.threshold=INFO
diff --git a/engine/src/test/resources/assets/logback.xml b/engine/src/test/resources/assets/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2b463325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/src/test/resources/assets/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<configuration>
+    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.android.LogcatAppender">
+        <tagEncoder>
+            <pattern>%logger{12}</pattern>
+        </tagEncoder>
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%-5level [%thread] (%F:%L) %message%n</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <root level="DEBUG">
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+    </root>
+</configuration>
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