diff --git a/ncep/gov.noaa.nws.ncep.common.log/src/gov/noaa/nws/ncep/common/log/logger/NcepLoggerManager.java b/ncep/gov.noaa.nws.ncep.common.log/src/gov/noaa/nws/ncep/common/log/logger/NcepLoggerManager.java
index 53fc8867b3..383d0e027a 100644
--- a/ncep/gov.noaa.nws.ncep.common.log/src/gov/noaa/nws/ncep/common/log/logger/NcepLoggerManager.java
+++ b/ncep/gov.noaa.nws.ncep.common.log/src/gov/noaa/nws/ncep/common/log/logger/NcepLoggerManager.java
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ public class NcepLoggerManager  {
 
 	private Logger getLog4jLogger(NcepLogCategory ncepLogCategory, String logName) {
 		Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(logName); 
-		addDailyLogFileAppender(logger, ncepLogCategory); 
+		// njensen commented the line below out because it doesn't seem to do much and it doesn't work with logback
+		//addDailyLogFileAppender(logger, ncepLogCategory); 
 		return logger; 
 	}