diff --git a/conf/logback.xml b/conf/logback.xml
index 5f3437638d..96ea2d78af 100644
--- a/conf/logback.xml
+++ b/conf/logback.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
       <fileNamePattern>/var/log/cassandra/system.log.%i.zip</fileNamePattern>
       <minIndex>1</minIndex>
-      <maxIndex>50</maxIndex>
+      <maxIndex>20</maxIndex>
     </rollingPolicy>
 
     <triggeringPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy">
diff --git a/test/conf/logback-test.xml b/test/conf/logback-test.xml
index ff953d7eb9..15a9b76ffd 100644
--- a/test/conf/logback-test.xml
+++ b/test/conf/logback-test.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
       <fileNamePattern>./build/test/logs/system.log.%i.zip</fileNamePattern>
       <minIndex>1</minIndex>
-      <maxIndex>50</maxIndex>
+      <maxIndex>20</maxIndex>
     </rollingPolicy>
 
     <triggeringPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy">
@@ -23,9 +23,19 @@
       <level>WARN</level>
     </filter>
   </appender>
+  
+  <appender name="STDOUT" target="System.out" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+    <encoder>
+      <pattern>%-5level %date{HH:mm:ss,SSS} %msg%n</pattern>
+    </encoder>
+    <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
+      <level>WARN</level>
+    </filter>
+  </appender>
         
   <root level="DEBUG">
     <appender-ref ref="FILE" />
     <appender-ref ref="STDERR" />
+    <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
   </root>
 </configuration>
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