diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 8bebbfe3e..6a488b2d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ jobs:
           Start-Sleep -s 180
           type logs\openidm0.log.0
           findstr "OpenIDM ready" logs\openidm0.log.0
-          if (Select-String -Path logs\openidm0.log.0 -Pattern 'ERROR|SEVERE|Exception|Throwable' -Quiet) {
+          if (Select-String -Path logs\openidm0.log.0 -Pattern 'ERROR|SEVERE|Exception|Throwable' -CaseSensitive -Quiet) {
             Write-Host "Errors or exceptions detected in openidm0.log.0"
-            Select-String -Path logs\openidm0.log.0 -Pattern 'ERROR|SEVERE|Exception|Throwable'
+            Select-String -Path logs\openidm0.log.0 -Pattern 'ERROR|SEVERE|Exception|Throwable' -CaseSensitive
             exit 1
           }
       - name: Upload failure artifacts
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           OPTS=""
           if [ -n "${{ matrix.context_path }}" ]; then
-            OPTS="-Dlogback.configurationFile=conf/logging-config.groovy -Dopenidm.context.path=${{ matrix.context_path }}"
+            OPTS="-Dopenidm.context.path=${{ matrix.context_path }}"
           fi
           ARGS=""
           if [ -n "${{ matrix.samples }}" ]; then
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 561d723b6..9ea6cdbd4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ FROM eclipse-temurin:25-jre-jammy
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="Open Identity Platform Community"
 
 ENV USER="openidm"
-ENV OPENIDM_OPTS="-server -XX:+UseContainerSupport --add-exports java.base/com.sun.jndi.ldap=ALL-UNNAMED -Dlogback.configurationFile=conf/logging-config.groovy"
+ENV OPENIDM_OPTS="-server -XX:+UseContainerSupport --add-exports java.base/com.sun.jndi.ldap=ALL-UNNAMED"
 
 ARG VERSION
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile-alpine b/Dockerfile-alpine
index e7f32f1ab..ef3731ff5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-alpine
+++ b/Dockerfile-alpine
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ FROM alpine:latest
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="Open Identity Platform Community"
 
 ENV USER="openidm"
-ENV OPENIDM_OPTS="-server -XX:+UseContainerSupport -Dlogback.configurationFile=conf/logging-config.groovy"
+ENV OPENIDM_OPTS="-server -XX:+UseContainerSupport"
 
 ARG VERSION
 
diff --git a/openidm-zip/pom.xml b/openidm-zip/pom.xml
index 2152dca0a..2b84098d5 100644
--- a/openidm-zip/pom.xml
+++ b/openidm-zip/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   ~ your own identifying information:
   ~ "Portions Copyrighted [year] [name of copyright owner]"
   ~
-  ~ Portions Copyrighted 2019-2025 3A Systems LLC.
+  ~ Portions Copyrighted 2019-2026 3A Systems LLC.
   -->
 <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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -901,7 +901,6 @@
             </activation>
             <properties>
                 <openidm.options>
-                    -Dlogback.configurationFile=conf/logging-config.groovy
                 </openidm.options>
             </properties>
             <dependencies>
diff --git a/openidm-zip/src/main/resources/bin/install-service.bat b/openidm-zip/src/main/resources/bin/install-service.bat
index 24b09a299..049246a0d 100644
--- a/openidm-zip/src/main/resources/bin/install-service.bat
+++ b/openidm-zip/src/main/resources/bin/install-service.bat
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ set OPENIDM_OPTS_SERVICE=%OPENIDM_OPTS: =;%
 rem set SERVER_START_PARAMS="-c;bin/launcher.json"
 set CP=bin/launcher.jar;bin/felix.jar
 rem JAVA_OPTS_SERVICE will be fed to the prunmgr.exe which requires all semi-colon delimiters
-set JAVA_OPTS_SERVICE=%OPENIDM_OPTS_SERVICE%;-Djava.util.logging.config.file=conf\logging.properties;-Dlogback.configurationFile=conf\logging-config.xml;
+set JAVA_OPTS_SERVICE=%OPENIDM_OPTS_SERVICE%;-Djava.util.logging.config.file=conf\logging.properties;
 rem Enable debugging uncomment the line below
 rem set JAVA_OPTS_SERVICE=%JAVA_OPTS_SERVICE%;-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=5005;
 
diff --git a/openidm-zip/src/main/resources/conf/logging.properties b/openidm-zip/src/main/resources/conf/logging.properties
index c96e84681..413daa50c 100644
--- a/openidm-zip/src/main/resources/conf/logging.properties
+++ b/openidm-zip/src/main/resources/conf/logging.properties
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ org.identityconnectors.framework.impl.api.local.LocalConnectorInfoManagerImpl.le
 # Suppress warnings of failed error page model validation
 org.ops4j.pax.web.service.spi.model.elements.ErrorPageModel.level=SEVERE
 
+# Suppress noisy INFO records from pax-web bundle (servlet/error-page registration)
+org.ops4j.pax.web.level=WARNING
+
 # OrientDB 3.x: suppress harmless WARNINGs that we cannot act on
 # - OScriptManager logs "ECMAScript engine not found" when no JSR-223 javascript
 #   engine is on the classpath (we don't ship one and don't use OrientDB JS).
diff --git a/openidm-zip/src/main/resources/startup.sh b/openidm-zip/src/main/resources/startup.sh
index 1ef748319..0da8279ff 100755
--- a/openidm-zip/src/main/resources/startup.sh
+++ b/openidm-zip/src/main/resources/startup.sh
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ PRGDIR=`dirname "$PRG"`
 [ -z "$OPENIDM_PID_FILE" ] && OPENIDM_PID_FILE="$OPENIDM_HOME"/.openidm.pid
 
 # Only set OPENIDM_OPTS if not already set
-[ -z "$OPENIDM_OPTS" ] && OPENIDM_OPTS="-Dlogback.configurationFile=conf/logging-config.groovy"
+[ -z "$OPENIDM_OPTS" ] && OPENIDM_OPTS=""
 
 # Set JDK Logger config file if it is present and an override has not been issued
 PROJECT_HOME=$OPENIDM_HOME