diff --git a/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index dd2b012d76..7cf77c0f54 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
         </encoder>
     </appender>
 
+    <!--
     <appender name="FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.FileAppender">
         <file>bitsquare_out.log</file>
         <append>false</append>
@@ -13,10 +14,13 @@
             <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg %xEx%n</pattern>
         </encoder>
     </appender>
+    -->
 
     <root level="WARN">
         <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE_APPENDER"/>
+        <!--
         <appender-ref ref="FILE"/>
+        -->
     </root>
 
     <logger name="io.bitsquare" level="WARN"/>