diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 62b79fd..513d8c6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <groupId>org.example</groupId>
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <lombok.version>1.18.12</lombok.version>
         <junit-jupiter-api.version>5.7.0-M1</junit-jupiter-api.version>
-        <slf4j-api.version>1.7.30</slf4j-api.version>
+        <slf4j-api.version>1.7.32</slf4j-api.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.14.1</log4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -29,16 +30,29 @@
             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
             <version>${lombok.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+
+        <!-- Logging-->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
             <version>${slf4j-api.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j-api.version}</version>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+
         <!-- Test dependencies-->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.projectreactor</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/log4j2.properties b/src/main/resources/log4j2.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6553c41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/log4j2.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+appenders=console
+
+appender.console.type = Console
+appender.console.name = STDOUT
+appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
+appender.console.layout.pattern = [%d{yy-MMM-dd HH:mm:ss:SSS}] [%p] [%c{1}:%L] - %m%n
+
+rootLogger.level = debug
+rootLogger.appenderRefs = stdout
+rootLogger.appenderRef.abc.ref = STDOUT
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/academy/devdojo/reactive/test/MonoTest.java b/src/test/java/academy/devdojo/reactive/test/MonoTest.java
index 8e695e6..27ff8f1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/academy/devdojo/reactive/test/MonoTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/academy/devdojo/reactive/test/MonoTest.java
@@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ public void monoSubscriberConsumerSubscription() {
     @Test
     public void monoDoOnMethods() {
         String name = "William Suane";
-        Mono<Object> mono = Mono.just(name)
+        Mono<String> mono = Mono.just(name)
             .log()
             .map(String::toUpperCase)
             .doOnSubscribe(subscription -> log.info("Subscribed"))
             .doOnRequest(longNumber -> log.info("Request Received, starting doing something..."))
             .doOnNext(s -> log.info("Value is here. Executing doOnNext {}",s))
-            .flatMap(s -> Mono.empty())
+            .flatMap(s -> Mono.<String>empty())
             .doOnNext(s -> log.info("Value is here. Executing doOnNext {}",s)) //will not be executed
             .doOnSuccess(s -> log.info("doOnSuccess executed {}", s));