diff --git a/simulator/src/main/java/com/hedera/block/simulator/BlockStreamSimulatorApp.java b/simulator/src/main/java/com/hedera/block/simulator/BlockStreamSimulatorApp.java
index 16dbc776..7cdb2205 100644
--- a/simulator/src/main/java/com/hedera/block/simulator/BlockStreamSimulatorApp.java
+++ b/simulator/src/main/java/com/hedera/block/simulator/BlockStreamSimulatorApp.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package com.hedera.block.simulator;
 
+import static com.hedera.block.common.constants.StringsConstants.LOGGING_PROPERTIES;
+import static java.lang.System.Logger.Level.ERROR;
 import static java.lang.System.Logger.Level.INFO;
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
 
@@ -33,7 +35,12 @@
 import com.swirlds.config.api.Configuration;
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.NonNull;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.LogManager;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 
 /** BlockStream Simulator App */
@@ -65,6 +72,8 @@ public BlockStreamSimulatorApp(
         requireNonNull(blockStreamManager);
         this.metricsService = requireNonNull(metricsService);
         this.publishStreamGrpcClient = requireNonNull(publishStreamGrpcClient);
+        loadLoggingProperties();
+
         final BlockStreamConfig blockStreamConfig =
                 requireNonNull(configuration.getConfigData(BlockStreamConfig.class));
 
@@ -128,4 +137,24 @@ public StreamStatus getStreamStatus() {
                 .lastKnownPublisherStatuses(publishStreamGrpcClient.getLastKnownStatuses())
                 .build();
     }
+
+    private void loadLoggingProperties() {
+        final LogManager logManager = LogManager.getLogManager();
+        try (InputStream is = BlockStreamSimulator.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(LOGGING_PROPERTIES)) {
+            logManager.readConfiguration(is);
+        } catch (IOException | NullPointerException e) {
+            logManager.reset();
+            Logger rootLogger = logManager.getLogger("");
+            ConsoleHandler consoleHandler = new ConsoleHandler();
+
+            consoleHandler.setLevel(Level.INFO);
+            rootLogger.setLevel(Level.INFO);
+            rootLogger.addHandler(consoleHandler);
+
+            LOGGER.log(
+                    ERROR,
+                    "Loading Logging Configuration failed, continuing with default. Error is: %s"
+                            .formatted(e.getMessage()));
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/simulator/src/main/java/module-info.java b/simulator/src/main/java/module-info.java
index e7c4075e..8d7b5299 100644
--- a/simulator/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/simulator/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     requires dagger;
     requires io.grpc.stub;
     requires io.grpc;
+    requires java.logging;
     requires javax.inject;
 
     provides com.swirlds.config.api.ConfigurationExtension with
diff --git a/simulator/src/main/resources/logging.properties b/simulator/src/main/resources/logging.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e0fcd8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/simulator/src/main/resources/logging.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Set the default logging level
+.level=INFO
+
+# Console handler configuration
+handlers = java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler
+java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level = INFO
+java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter = java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter
+
+# gRPC Logging Configuration
+io.grpc.level = INFO
diff --git a/simulator/src/test/java/com/hedera/block/simulator/BlockStreamSimulatorTest.java b/simulator/src/test/java/com/hedera/block/simulator/BlockStreamSimulatorTest.java
index bb217c89..86161461 100644
--- a/simulator/src/test/java/com/hedera/block/simulator/BlockStreamSimulatorTest.java
+++ b/simulator/src/test/java/com/hedera/block/simulator/BlockStreamSimulatorTest.java
@@ -170,8 +170,6 @@ void start_millisPerBlockStreaming() throws InterruptedException, IOException, B
     @Test
     void start_millisPerSecond_streamingLagVerifyWarnLog()
             throws InterruptedException, IOException, BlockSimulatorParsingException {
-        List<LogRecord> logRecords = captureLogs();
-
         BlockStreamManager blockStreamManager = mock(BlockStreamManager.class);
         BlockItem blockItem = BlockItem.newBuilder()
                 .setBlockHeader(BlockHeader.newBuilder().setNumber(1L).build())
@@ -205,6 +203,7 @@ void start_millisPerSecond_streamingLagVerifyWarnLog()
 
         BlockStreamSimulatorApp blockStreamSimulator =
                 new BlockStreamSimulatorApp(configuration, blockStreamManager, publishStreamGrpcClient, metricsService);
+        List<LogRecord> logRecords = captureLogs();
 
         blockStreamSimulator.start();
         assertTrue(blockStreamSimulator.isRunning());