diff --git a/src/java/rabbitmq-poc/.gitignore b/src/java/rabbitmq-poc/.gitignore
index fc3f89c..717ccc0 100644
--- a/src/java/rabbitmq-poc/.gitignore
+++ b/src/java/rabbitmq-poc/.gitignore
@@ -36,4 +36,6 @@ build/
 .vscode/
 
 ### Mac OS ###
-.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
+.DS_Store
+
+/logs
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/java/rabbitmq-poc/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/src/java/rabbitmq-poc/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
index 47eb2d8..62c23fb 100644
--- a/src/java/rabbitmq-poc/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ b/src/java/rabbitmq-poc/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -8,10 +8,20 @@
         <Console name="STDOUT-NOCOLOR">
             <PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} | %-5level | %-28c{1} - %msg [%t]%n"/>
         </Console>
+        <RollingFile name="FILE-NOCOLOR"
+                     fileName="logs/rabbitmq-poc.log"
+                     filePattern="logs/rabbitmq-poc.log.%i.gz">
+            <DefaultRolloverStrategy max="100"/>
+            <Policies>
+                <SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="1M"/>
+            </Policies>
+            <PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} | %-5level | %-28c{1} - %msg [%t]%n"/>
+        </RollingFile>
     </Appenders>
     <Loggers>
         <Root level="INFO">
-            <AppenderRef ref="STDOUT-NOCOLOR"/>
+            <AppenderRef ref="STDOUT-COLOR"/>
+            <AppenderRef ref="FILE-NOCOLOR"/>
         </Root>
     </Loggers>
 </Configuration>