diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/at/ac/tuwien/sepm/assignment/individual/persistence/impl/HorseFileDao.java b/backend/src/main/java/at/ac/tuwien/sepm/assignment/individual/persistence/impl/HorseFileDao.java
index df9d97b..a8bb070 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/at/ac/tuwien/sepm/assignment/individual/persistence/impl/HorseFileDao.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/at/ac/tuwien/sepm/assignment/individual/persistence/impl/HorseFileDao.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class HorseFileDao implements FileDao {
             throw new IOException("Unsupported file type");
 
         String fileName = file.getOriginalFilename();
-        LOGGER.trace("Writing file to " + FILE_BASE_PATH + fileName);
+        LOGGER.debug("Writing file to " + FILE_BASE_PATH + fileName);
 
         try {
             // Create directory if it doesn't exist
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ public class HorseFileDao implements FileDao {
                 throw new FileSystemException("Base upload directory " + FILE_BASE_PATH + " does not exist");
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            LOGGER.error(e.getMessage());
             throw new IOException("Saving the file failed");
         }
     }
@@ -55,11 +54,10 @@ public class HorseFileDao implements FileDao {
         if(fileName == null || fileName.equals(""))
             throw new IOException("Cannot delete an unexisting file");
 
-        LOGGER.trace("Deleting file from " + FILE_BASE_PATH + fileName);
+        LOGGER.debug("Deleting file from " + FILE_BASE_PATH + fileName);
         try {
             new File(FILE_BASE_PATH + fileName).delete();
         } catch(Exception e) {
-            LOGGER.error(e.getMessage());
             throw new IOException("Deleting the file specified failed");
         }
     }
@@ -69,14 +67,13 @@ public class HorseFileDao implements FileDao {
         if(fileName == null || fileName.equals(""))
             throw new IOException("Cannot open an unexisting file");
 
-        LOGGER.trace("Getting file from " + FILE_BASE_PATH + fileName);
+        LOGGER.debug("Getting file from " + FILE_BASE_PATH + fileName);
         try {
             // Read the file and return a byte array
             // https://stackoverflow.com/a/5083666
             File imageFile = new File(FILE_BASE_PATH + fileName);
             return Files.readAllBytes(imageFile.toPath());
         } catch(Exception e) {
-            LOGGER.error(e.getMessage());
             throw new IOException("Opening the file specified failed");
         }
     }
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/at/ac/tuwien/sepm/assignment/individual/persistence/impl/HorseJdbcDao.java b/backend/src/main/java/at/ac/tuwien/sepm/assignment/individual/persistence/impl/HorseJdbcDao.java
index 616fdfd..4b468ee 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/at/ac/tuwien/sepm/assignment/individual/persistence/impl/HorseJdbcDao.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/at/ac/tuwien/sepm/assignment/individual/persistence/impl/HorseJdbcDao.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class HorseJdbcDao implements HorseDao {
 
     @Override
     public Horse findOneById(Long id) {
-        LOGGER.trace("Get horse with id {}", id);
+        LOGGER.debug("Get horse with id {}", id);
         final String sql = "SELECT * FROM " + TABLE_NAME + " WHERE id=?";
         List<Horse> horses = jdbcTemplate.query(sql, new Object[] { id }, this::mapRow);
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class HorseJdbcDao implements HorseDao {
 
     @Override
     public List<Horse> getAll() throws NotFoundException {
-        LOGGER.trace("Get all horses");
+        LOGGER.debug("Get all horses");
         final String sql = "SELECT * FROM " + TABLE_NAME;
         List<Horse> horses = jdbcTemplate.query(sql, new Object[] { }, this::mapRow);
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class HorseJdbcDao implements HorseDao {
 
     @Override
     public List<Horse> getFiltered(Map<String, String> filters) throws NotFoundException {
-        LOGGER.trace("Get all horses with filters " + filters.entrySet());
+        LOGGER.debug("Get all horses with filters " + filters.entrySet());
         final String sql = "SELECT * FROM " + TABLE_NAME + " WHERE UPPER(name) LIKE :name AND UPPER(description) LIKE :description AND race LIKE :race AND score LIKE :score AND birthday <= :birthday";
 
         // Create a list to hold the results
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public class HorseJdbcDao implements HorseDao {
 
     @Override
     public Horse addHorse(Horse horse) throws DataAccessException {
-        LOGGER.trace("Add horse {}", horse.toString());
+        LOGGER.debug("Add horse {}", horse.toString());
         String sql = "INSERT INTO " + TABLE_NAME + "(name, description, score, birthday, race, image_path, owner_id, created_at, updated_at) VALUES(?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)";
 
         try {
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public class HorseJdbcDao implements HorseDao {
 
     @Override
     public Horse updateHorse(Horse horse) throws DataAccessException, IOException {
-        LOGGER.trace("Update horse {}", horse.toString());
+        LOGGER.debug("Update horse {}", horse.toString());
         String sql = "UPDATE " + TABLE_NAME + " SET name=?, description=?, score=?, birthday=?, race=?, image_path=?, owner_id=?, updated_at=? WHERE id=?";
 
         try {
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ public class HorseJdbcDao implements HorseDao {
     @Override
     public void deleteHorse(Long id) throws DataAccessException, NotFoundException, IOException {
         Horse horseToDelete = this.findOneById(id);
-        LOGGER.trace("Delete horse with id {}", id);
+        LOGGER.debug("Delete horse with id {}", id);
         final String sql = "DELETE FROM " + TABLE_NAME + " WHERE id=?";
 
         try {
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/at/ac/tuwien/sepm/assignment/individual/persistence/impl/OwnerJdbcDao.java b/backend/src/main/java/at/ac/tuwien/sepm/assignment/individual/persistence/impl/OwnerJdbcDao.java
index a0f0b42..4564edc 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/at/ac/tuwien/sepm/assignment/individual/persistence/impl/OwnerJdbcDao.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/at/ac/tuwien/sepm/assignment/individual/persistence/impl/OwnerJdbcDao.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class OwnerJdbcDao implements OwnerDao {
 
     @Override
     public Owner findOneById(Long id) {
-        LOGGER.trace("Get owner with id {}", id);
+        LOGGER.debug("Get owner with id {}", id);
         final String sql = "SELECT * FROM " + TABLE_NAME + " WHERE id=?";
         List<Owner> owners = jdbcTemplate.query(sql, new Object[] { id }, this::mapRow);
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class OwnerJdbcDao implements OwnerDao {
 
     @Override
     public List<Owner> getAll() throws NotFoundException {
-        LOGGER.trace("Get all owners");
+        LOGGER.debug("Get all owners");
         final String sql = "SELECT * FROM " + TABLE_NAME;
         List<Owner> owners = jdbcTemplate.query(sql, new Object[] { }, this::mapRow);
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class OwnerJdbcDao implements OwnerDao {
 
     @Override
     public List<Owner> getFiltered(Map<String, String> filters) throws NotFoundException {
-        LOGGER.trace("Get all owners with filters " + filters.entrySet());
+        LOGGER.debug("Get all owners with filters " + filters.entrySet());
         final String sql = "SELECT * FROM " + TABLE_NAME + " WHERE UPPER(name) LIKE :name";
 
         // Create a list to hold the results
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public class OwnerJdbcDao implements OwnerDao {
 
     @Override
     public List<Horse> getOwnedHorses(Long id) throws NotFoundException {
-        LOGGER.trace("Get all horses for owner with id " + id);
+        LOGGER.debug("Get all horses for owner with id " + id);
         final String sql = "SELECT * FROM " + HORSE_TABLE_NAME + " WHERE owner_id=?";
 
         List<Horse> horses = jdbcTemplate.query(sql, new Object[] {id}, BeanPropertyRowMapper.newInstance(Horse.class));
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class OwnerJdbcDao implements OwnerDao {
 
     @Override
     public Owner addOwner(Owner owner) {
-        LOGGER.trace("Add owner {}", owner);
+        LOGGER.debug("Add owner {}", owner);
         final String sql = "INSERT INTO " + TABLE_NAME + "(name, created_at, updated_at) VALUES(?,?,?)";
 
         try {
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public class OwnerJdbcDao implements OwnerDao {
 
     @Override
     public Owner updateOwner(Owner owner) throws DataAccessException {
-        LOGGER.trace("Update owner {}", owner.toString());
+        LOGGER.debug("Update owner {}", owner.toString());
         String sql = "UPDATE " + TABLE_NAME + " SET name=?, updated_at=? WHERE id=?";
 
         try {
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public class OwnerJdbcDao implements OwnerDao {
     @Override
     public void deleteOwner(Long id) throws DataAccessException, NotFoundException {
         Owner ownerToDelete = this.findOneById(id);
-        LOGGER.trace("Delete owner with id {}", id);
+        LOGGER.debug("Delete owner with id {}", id);
         final String sql = "DELETE FROM " + TABLE_NAME + " WHERE id=?";
 
         if (ownerOwnsHorses(id))
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/at/ac/tuwien/sepm/assignment/individual/service/impl/SimpleHorseService.java b/backend/src/main/java/at/ac/tuwien/sepm/assignment/individual/service/impl/SimpleHorseService.java
index 6f66ed6..39c8274 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/at/ac/tuwien/sepm/assignment/individual/service/impl/SimpleHorseService.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/at/ac/tuwien/sepm/assignment/individual/service/impl/SimpleHorseService.java
@@ -35,19 +35,19 @@ public class SimpleHorseService implements HorseService {
 
     @Override
     public Horse findOneById(Long id) {
-        LOGGER.trace("findOneById({})", id);
+        LOGGER.debug("findOneById({})", id);
         return horseJdbcDao.findOneById(id);
     }
 
     @Override
     public List<Horse> getAll() throws NotFoundException {
-        LOGGER.trace("getAll()");
+        LOGGER.debug("getAll()");
         return horseJdbcDao.getAll();
     }
 
     @Override
     public List<Horse> getFiltered(Map<String, String> filters) throws NotFoundException, ValidationException {
-        LOGGER.trace("getFiltered({})", filters.entrySet());
+        LOGGER.debug("getFiltered({})", filters.entrySet());
         this.validator.validateHorseFilter(filters);
         return horseJdbcDao.getFiltered(filters);
     }
@@ -55,34 +55,34 @@ public class SimpleHorseService implements HorseService {
     @Override
     public Horse addHorse(Horse horse) throws ValidationException, DataAccessException {
         this.validator.validateNewHorse(horse);
-        LOGGER.trace("addHorse({})", horse.toString());
+        LOGGER.debug("addHorse({})", horse.toString());
         return horseJdbcDao.addHorse(horse);
     }
 
     @Override
     public Horse updateHorse(Horse horse) throws ValidationException, DataAccessException, IOException {
         this.validator.validateUpdateHorse(horse);
-        LOGGER.trace("updateHorse({})", horse.toString());
+        LOGGER.debug("updateHorse({})", horse.toString());
         return horseJdbcDao.updateHorse(horse);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void deleteHorse(Long id) throws NotFoundException, DataAccessException, IOException {
-        LOGGER.trace("deleteHorse({})", id);
+        LOGGER.debug("deleteHorse({})", id);
         horseJdbcDao.deleteHorse(id);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void saveImage(MultipartFile img) throws ValidationException, IOException {
         this.validator.validateHorseImage(img);
-        LOGGER.trace("saveImage({})", img.getName());
+        LOGGER.debug("saveImage({})", img.getName());
         horseFileDao.save(img);
     }
 
     @Override
     public byte[] getImage(String path) throws IOException, ValidationException {
         this.validator.validateImageRequest(path);
-        LOGGER.trace("getImage({})", path);
+        LOGGER.debug("getImage({})", path);
         return horseFileDao.get(path);
     }
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/at/ac/tuwien/sepm/assignment/individual/service/impl/SimpleOwnerService.java b/backend/src/main/java/at/ac/tuwien/sepm/assignment/individual/service/impl/SimpleOwnerService.java
index e4ebe8b..41f0926 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/at/ac/tuwien/sepm/assignment/individual/service/impl/SimpleOwnerService.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/at/ac/tuwien/sepm/assignment/individual/service/impl/SimpleOwnerService.java
@@ -33,46 +33,46 @@ public class SimpleOwnerService implements OwnerService {
 
     @Override
     public Owner findOneById(Long id) {
-        LOGGER.trace("findOneById({})", id);
+        LOGGER.debug("findOneById({})", id);
         return ownerDao.findOneById(id);
     }
 
     @Override
     public List<Owner> getAll() throws NotFoundException {
-        LOGGER.trace("getAll()");
+        LOGGER.debug("getAll()");
         return ownerDao.getAll();
     }
 
     @Override
     public List<Owner> getFiltered(Map<String, String> filters) throws NotFoundException, ValidationException {
-        LOGGER.trace("getFiltered({})", filters.entrySet());
+        LOGGER.debug("getFiltered({})", filters.entrySet());
         this.validator.validateOwnerFilter(filters);
         return ownerDao.getFiltered(filters);
     }
 
     @Override
     public List<Horse> getOwnedHorses(Long id) throws NotFoundException {
-        LOGGER.trace("getOwnedHorses({})", id);
+        LOGGER.debug("getOwnedHorses({})", id);
         return ownerDao.getOwnedHorses(id);
     }
 
     @Override
     public Owner addOwner(Owner owner) throws ValidationException, DataAccessException {
-        LOGGER.trace("addOwner({})", owner);
+        LOGGER.debug("addOwner({})", owner);
         this.validator.validateNewOwner(owner);
         return ownerDao.addOwner(owner);
     }
 
     @Override
     public Owner updateOwner(Owner owner) throws ValidationException, DataAccessException {
-        LOGGER.trace("updateOwner({})", owner);
+        LOGGER.debug("updateOwner({})", owner);
         this.validator.validateUpdateOwner(owner);
         return ownerDao.updateOwner(owner);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void deleteOwner(Long id) throws NotFoundException, DataAccessException {
-        LOGGER.trace("deleteOwner({})", id);
+        LOGGER.debug("deleteOwner({})", id);
         ownerDao.deleteOwner(id);
     }
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application-test.yml b/backend/src/main/resources/application-test.yml
index b50b7fc..a190690 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/application-test.yml
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application-test.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 logging:
   level:
     root: INFO
-  file:
-    name: ./log/wendys-friends.log
 
 spring:
   application:
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application.yml b/backend/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 8405084..e25b6c7 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 logging:
   level:
     root: INFO
-  file:
-    name: ./log/wendys-friends.log
 
 spring:
   application:
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/backend/src/main/resources/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acb03f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<configuration>
+    <property name="root.level.console" value="WARN"/>
+
+    <timestamp key="day" datePattern="dd-MM-yyyy"/>
+
+    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} | %-5level | %40logger{0}: %msg%n</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <appender name="STDERR" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <target>System.err</target>
+        <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
+            <level>ERROR</level>
+        </filter>
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} | %-5level | %40logger{0}: %msg%n</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <appender name="FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} | %-5level | %40logger{0}: %msg%n</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+
+        <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
+            <fileNamePattern>
+                log/wendys-friends-%d{dd-MM-yyyy}.log.gz
+            </fileNamePattern>
+            <maxHistory>1</maxHistory>
+            <totalSizeCap>100MB</totalSizeCap>
+        </rollingPolicy>
+
+    </appender>
+
+    <logger name="at.ac.tuwien.sepm.assignment.individual" level="DEBUG" additivity="false">
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
+        <appender-ref ref="FILE"/>
+    </logger>
+
+    <root level="WARN">
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
+        <appender-ref ref="FILE"/>
+    </root>
+
+    <root level="ERROR">
+        <appender-ref ref="STDERR"/>
+        <appender-ref ref="FILE"/>
+    </root>
+</configuration>