diff --git a/hadoop-unit-client/hadoop-unit-client-spark/pom.xml b/hadoop-unit-client/hadoop-unit-client-spark/pom.xml
index 1cfcb7b7..174d4d09 100644
--- a/hadoop-unit-client/hadoop-unit-client-spark/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-unit-client/hadoop-unit-client-spark/pom.xml
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
             <artifactId>spark-core_2.10</artifactId>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <artifactId>jackson-module-scala_2.10</artifactId>
-                    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -39,7 +33,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <artifactId>jackson-module-scala_2.10</artifactId>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
-            <version>2.6.5</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-unit-commons/pom.xml b/hadoop-unit-commons/pom.xml
index 94b3b86c..fd7364b6 100644
--- a/hadoop-unit-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-unit-commons/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-unit-commons/src/main/java/com/github/sakserv/propertyparser/PropertyParser.java b/hadoop-unit-commons/src/main/java/com/github/sakserv/propertyparser/PropertyParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..690371cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-unit-commons/src/main/java/com/github/sakserv/propertyparser/PropertyParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.github.sakserv.propertyparser;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public class PropertyParser {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PropertyParser.class);
+
+    private Properties props = new Properties();
+    private String propFileName;
+
+    public PropertyParser(String propFileName) {
+        this.propFileName = propFileName;
+    }
+
+    public String getPropFileName() {
+        return propFileName;
+    }
+
+    public void setPropFileName(String propFileName) {
+        this.propFileName = propFileName;
+    }
+
+    public String getProperty(String key) {
+        return props.get(key).toString();
+    }
+
+    public void parsePropsFile() throws IOException {
+
+        InputStream inputStream = getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(propFileName);
+
+        try {
+            if (null != inputStream) {
+                props.load(inputStream);
+            } else {
+                throw new IOException("Could not load property file from the resources directory, trying local");
+            }
+        } catch(IOException e) {
+            LOG.error(e.getMessage());
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            try {
+                inputStream = new FileInputStream(new File(propFileName).getAbsolutePath());
+                props.load(inputStream);
+            } catch (IOException ex) {
+                LOG.error("Could not load property file at " + new File(propFileName).getAbsolutePath());
+                ex.printStackTrace();
+                throw ex;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hadoop-unit-standalone/hadoop-unit-standalone-elasticsearch/src/main/conf/logback.xml b/hadoop-unit-standalone/hadoop-unit-standalone-elasticsearch/src/main/conf/logback.xml
index bdcfede2..8329aeb7 100755
--- a/hadoop-unit-standalone/hadoop-unit-standalone-elasticsearch/src/main/conf/logback.xml
+++ b/hadoop-unit-standalone/hadoop-unit-standalone-elasticsearch/src/main/conf/logback.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
         </encoder>
     </appender>
 
+    <logger name="BlockStateChange" level="OFF"/>
+    <logger name="BlockManager" level="OFF"/>
 
     <root level="info">
         <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
diff --git a/hadoop-unit-standalone/hadoop-unit-standalone-solr/pom.xml b/hadoop-unit-standalone/hadoop-unit-standalone-solr/pom.xml
index c2bf9bbe..407a768f 100644
--- a/hadoop-unit-standalone/hadoop-unit-standalone-solr/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-unit-standalone/hadoop-unit-standalone-solr/pom.xml
@@ -34,29 +34,6 @@
 
         <plugins>
 
-            <!--<plugin>-->
-                <!--<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>-->
-                <!--<executions>-->
-                    <!--<execution>-->
-                        <!--<id>copy-resources</id>-->
-                        <!--<phase>validate</phase>-->
-                        <!--<goals>-->
-                            <!--<goal>copy-resources</goal>-->
-                        <!--</goals>-->
-                        <!--<configuration>-->
-                            <!--<outputDirectory>-->
-                                <!--${basedir}/target/appassembler-jsw/jsw/hadoop-unit-standalone-solr/conf-->
-                            <!--</outputDirectory>-->
-                            <!--<resources>-->
-                                <!--<resource>-->
-                                    <!--<directory>src/main/conf</directory>-->
-                                <!--</resource>-->
-                            <!--</resources>-->
-                        <!--</configuration>-->
-                    <!--</execution>-->
-                <!--</executions>-->
-            <!--</plugin>-->
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -131,8 +108,6 @@
                                                 -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=8000,server=y,suspend=n
                                             </extraArgument>
                                             <extraArgument>-server</extraArgument>
-                                            <!--<extraArgument>-XX:+UnlockCommercialFeatures</extraArgument>-->
-                                            <!--<extraArgument>-XX:+FlightRecorder</extraArgument>-->
                                             <extraArgument>-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError</extraArgument>
                                         </extraArguments>
                                     </jvmSettings>
diff --git a/hadoop-unit-standalone/hadoop-unit-standalone-solr/src/main/conf/logback.xml b/hadoop-unit-standalone/hadoop-unit-standalone-solr/src/main/conf/logback.xml
index bdcfede2..8329aeb7 100755
--- a/hadoop-unit-standalone/hadoop-unit-standalone-solr/src/main/conf/logback.xml
+++ b/hadoop-unit-standalone/hadoop-unit-standalone-solr/src/main/conf/logback.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
         </encoder>
     </appender>
 
+    <logger name="BlockStateChange" level="OFF"/>
+    <logger name="BlockManager" level="OFF"/>
 
     <root level="info">
         <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
diff --git a/hadoop-unit-standalone/pom.xml b/hadoop-unit-standalone/pom.xml
index 16e160e7..ce6befb4 100644
--- a/hadoop-unit-standalone/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-unit-standalone/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>fr.jetoile.hadoop</groupId>
             <artifactId>hadoop-unit-commons</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cb69b536..7ef580dc 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@
         <elasticsearch.version>5.0.0-alpha3</elasticsearch.version>
         <metrics.version>3.1.2</metrics.version>
         <achilles.version>4.2.0</achilles.version>
+        <jackson-module-scala_2.10.version>2.6.5</jackson-module-scala_2.10.version>
     </properties>
 
 
@@ -159,6 +160,16 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
                 <version>${hive.version}</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+                        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
@@ -283,6 +294,12 @@
                 <groupId>info.archinnov</groupId>
                 <artifactId>achilles-embedded</artifactId>
                 <version>${achilles.version}</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <artifactId>jboss-logging</artifactId>
+                        <groupId>org.jboss.logging</groupId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
@@ -330,6 +347,14 @@
                         <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
                         <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
                     </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+                        <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+                        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
 
@@ -343,6 +368,8 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
                 <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
                 <version>${httpclient.version}</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
@@ -354,6 +381,14 @@
                         <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
                         <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
                     </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+                        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
 
@@ -398,6 +433,10 @@
                         <groupId>com.googlecode.concurrentlinkedhashmap</groupId>
                         <artifactId>concurrentlinkedhashmap-lru</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
 
@@ -438,6 +477,22 @@
                         <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
                         <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
                     </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+                        <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+                        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+                        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <artifactId>property-parser</artifactId>
+                        <groupId>com.github.sakserv</groupId>
+                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
 
@@ -469,12 +524,24 @@
                 <groupId>com.github.sakserv</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hadoop-mini-clusters-mapreduce</artifactId>
                 <version>${hadoop-mini-clusters.version}</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.github.sakserv</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hadoop-mini-clusters-yarn</artifactId>
                 <version>${hadoop-mini-clusters.version}</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
@@ -493,12 +560,32 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
                 <artifactId>kafka_2.10</artifactId>
                 <version>${kafka_2.10.version}</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+                        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.github.sakserv</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hadoop-mini-clusters-hivemetastore</artifactId>
                 <version>${hadoop-mini-clusters.version}</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+                        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
@@ -510,6 +597,10 @@
                         <artifactId>jetty-all</artifactId>
                         <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.aggregate</groupId>
                     </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+                        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
 
@@ -522,6 +613,14 @@
                         <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
                         <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
                     </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+                        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
 
@@ -586,9 +685,31 @@
                         <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
                         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
                     </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+                        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <artifactId>jackson-module-scala_2.10</artifactId>
+                        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
+                        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
 
+            <dependency>
+                <artifactId>jackson-module-scala_2.10</artifactId>
+                <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
+                <version>${jackson-module-scala_2.10.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spark-sql_2.10</artifactId>
@@ -637,6 +758,18 @@
                 <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
             </dependency>
 
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+                <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+                <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
                 <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>