diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle b/buildSrc/build.gradle
index 75731e4..e555e6d 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ gradlePlugin {
             id = 'GroowtAntlrPlugin'
             implementationClass = 'groowt.gradle.antlr.GroowtAntlrPlugin'
         }
+        create('groowtLogging') {
+            id = 'groowt-logging'
+            implementationClass = 'groowt.gradle.logging.GroowtLoggingPlugin'
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/groowt/gradle/GroowtConventions.gradle b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/groowt/gradle/GroowtConventions.gradle
index 8df6dc1..cc53739 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/groowt/gradle/GroowtConventions.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/groowt/gradle/GroowtConventions.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+//file:noinspection GrPackage
 plugins {
     id 'java'
 }
@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.junit.jupiter.api
-    testRuntimeOnly libs.log4j.slf4jBinding
 }
 
 java {
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ java {
     }
 }
 
-// TODO: hook into testResources and add a default log4j2.xml config for testing
-
 testing {
     suites {
         test {
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/groowt/gradle/logging/GroowtCopyLoggerConfigTask.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/groowt/gradle/logging/GroowtCopyLoggerConfigTask.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca1c20f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/groowt/gradle/logging/GroowtCopyLoggerConfigTask.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package groowt.gradle.logging
+
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.Copy
+
+class GroowtCopyLoggerConfigTask extends Copy {}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/groowt/gradle/logging/GroowtLoggingPlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/groowt/gradle/logging/GroowtLoggingPlugin.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cffc787
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/groowt/gradle/logging/GroowtLoggingPlugin.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package groowt.gradle.logging
+
+import org.gradle.api.Plugin
+import org.gradle.api.Project
+import org.gradle.api.artifacts.VersionCatalogsExtension
+import org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPluginExtension
+
+class GroowtLoggingPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
+
+    @Override
+    void apply(Project project) {
+        def javaExtension = project.extensions.getByType(JavaPluginExtension)
+
+        def defaultLog4j2XmlResource = this.class.getResource('default-log4j2.xml')
+        if (defaultLog4j2XmlResource == null) {
+            throw new RuntimeException('default-log4j2.xml is null')
+        }
+
+        def tmpLog4j2Xml  = File.createTempFile('default-log4j2-xml', 'tmp')
+        defaultLog4j2XmlResource.withReader { reader ->
+            tmpLog4j2Xml.withWriter {
+                reader.transferTo(it)
+            }
+        }
+
+        javaExtension.sourceSets.each { sourceSet ->
+            project.tasks.register(
+                    sourceSet.getTaskName('copy', 'LoggingConfig'),
+                    GroowtCopyLoggerConfigTask
+            ) { task ->
+                task.from(tmpLog4j2Xml)
+                task.rename { 'log4j2.xml' }
+                task.into(['src', sourceSet.name, 'resources'].join(File.separator))
+            }
+        }
+
+        def libs = project.extensions.getByType(VersionCatalogsExtension).named('libs')
+
+        project.dependencies.addProvider(
+                'implementation', libs.findLibrary('slf4j-api').orElseThrow()
+        )
+        project.dependencies.addProvider(
+                'runtimeOnly', libs.findLibrary('log4j-core').orElseThrow()
+        )
+        project.dependencies.addProvider(
+                'runtimeOnly', libs.findLibrary('log4j-slf4jBinding').orElseThrow()
+        )
+
+        project.tasks.named('build') {
+            it.dependsOn project.tasks.withType(GroowtCopyLoggerConfigTask)
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/resources/groowt/gradle/logging/default-log4j2.xml b/buildSrc/src/main/resources/groowt/gradle/logging/default-log4j2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5081d05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/resources/groowt/gradle/logging/default-log4j2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<Configuration xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.0/config">
+    <Appenders>
+        <Console name="root">
+            <PatternLayout>
+                <LevelPatternSelector defaultPattern="[%t] %-5level %logger{1.} %msg%n">
+                    <PatternMatch key="DEBUG" pattern="[%t] %-5level %logger{1.}.%M() %msg%n"/>
+                </LevelPatternSelector>
+            </PatternLayout>
+        </Console>
+    </Appenders>
+    <Loggers>
+        <Root level="INFO">
+            <AppenderRef ref="root"/>
+        </Root>
+    </Loggers>
+</Configuration>
diff --git a/cli/build.gradle b/cli/build.gradle
index 7069d19..abcbba3 100644
--- a/cli/build.gradle
+++ b/cli/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
     id 'GroowtConventions'
+    id 'groowt-logging'
     id 'com.jessebrault.jbarchiva' version '0.1.0'
     id 'maven-publish'
 }
@@ -14,7 +15,15 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation libs.gradle.tooling, libs.picocli, project(':groowt-gradle-model')
+    [
+            libs.gradle.tooling,
+            libs.picocli,
+            libs.slf4j.api,
+            libs.log4j.core,
+            project(':groowt-gradle-model')
+    ].each { implementation it }
+
+    runtimeOnly libs.log4j.slf4jBinding
 }
 
 tasks.named('jar', Jar) {
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/groowt/cli/FileAndPathUtil.java b/cli/src/main/java/groowt/cli/FileAndPathUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c70ba17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/groowt/cli/FileAndPathUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package groowt.cli;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+public final class FileAndPathUtil {
+
+    public static File packageNameToFile(String packageName) {
+        return new File(packageName.replace(".", File.separator));
+    }
+
+    public static File resolve(File from, File to) {
+        return from.toPath().resolve(to.toPath()).toFile();
+    }
+
+    private FileAndPathUtil() {}
+
+}
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/groowt/cli/Generate.java b/cli/src/main/java/groowt/cli/Generate.java
index 63a834b..cc2cd7f 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/groowt/cli/Generate.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/groowt/cli/Generate.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package groowt.cli;
 
-import groowt.gradle.model.GroowtGradleModel;
 import picocli.CommandLine;
 import picocli.CommandLine.Command;
 
@@ -39,13 +38,13 @@ public class Generate implements Callable<Integer> {
     @Override
     public Integer call() {
         if (this.componentName != null) {
-            GradleUtil.doWith(this.cli.getProjectDir(), project -> {
-                final var model = project.getModel(GroowtGradleModel.class);
-                if (sourceDir == null) {
+            GradleUtil.doWithGroowtGradleModel(this.cli.getProjectDir(), model -> {
+                if (this.sourceDir == null) {
                     this.sourceDir = new File(String.join(File.separator, "src", this.sourceSet, "groovy"));
                 }
-                final File packageDir = new File(
-                        this.sourceDir, model.getBasePackage().replace(".", File.separator)
+                final File packageDir = FileAndPathUtil.resolve(
+                        this.sourceDir,
+                        FileAndPathUtil.packageNameToFile(model.getBasePackage())
                 );
                 packageDir.mkdirs();
                 final File componentFile = new File(packageDir, this.componentName + ".txt");
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/groowt/cli/GradleUtil.java b/cli/src/main/java/groowt/cli/GradleUtil.java
index e1dba19..6207aef 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/groowt/cli/GradleUtil.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/groowt/cli/GradleUtil.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package groowt.cli;
 
+import groowt.gradle.model.GroowtGradleModel;
 import org.gradle.tooling.GradleConnector;
 import org.gradle.tooling.ProjectConnection;
 
@@ -8,13 +9,24 @@ import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 public final class GradleUtil {
 
-    public static void doWith(File projectDir, Consumer<ProjectConnection> action) {
+    public static void doWith(File projectDir, Consumer<? super ProjectConnection> action) {
         final var gradleConnector = GradleConnector.newConnector().forProjectDirectory(projectDir);
         try (final var projectConnection = gradleConnector.connect()) {
             action.accept(projectConnection);
         }
     }
 
+    public static <T> void doWith(File projectDir, Class<? extends T> modelClass, Consumer<? super T> modelConsumer) {
+        doWith(projectDir, projectConnection -> {
+            final T model = projectConnection.getModel(modelClass);
+            modelConsumer.accept(model);
+        });
+    }
+
+    public static void doWithGroowtGradleModel(File projectDir, Consumer<? super GroowtGradleModel> modelConsumer) {
+        doWith(projectDir, GroowtGradleModel.class, modelConsumer);
+    }
+
     private GradleUtil() {}
 
 }
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/groowt/cli/GroowtCli.java b/cli/src/main/java/groowt/cli/GroowtCli.java
index 7e372d4..8353a92 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/groowt/cli/GroowtCli.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/groowt/cli/GroowtCli.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package groowt.cli;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import picocli.CommandLine;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -13,6 +15,8 @@ import java.io.File;
 )
 public class GroowtCli {
 
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GroowtCli.class);
+
     @CommandLine.Option(
             names = { "-v", "--verbose" },
             description = "Log verbosely to standard out."
@@ -27,7 +31,7 @@ public class GroowtCli {
     private File projectDir;
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        System.out.println("Hello from Groowt!");
+        logger.info("Hello from Groowt! Version 0.1.0");
         System.exit(new CommandLine(new GroowtCli()).execute(args));
     }
 
diff --git a/groowt-gradle/build.gradle b/groowt-gradle/build.gradle
index 30079b2..5feb368 100644
--- a/groowt-gradle/build.gradle
+++ b/groowt-gradle/build.gradle
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ version = '0.1.0'
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
-    maven {
-        url 'https://repo.gradle.org/gradle/libs-releases'
-    }
+//    maven {
+//        url 'https://repo.gradle.org/gradle/libs-releases'
+//    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation libs.groovy, libs.gradle.tooling, project(':groowt-gradle-model')
+    implementation libs.groovy, project(':groowt-gradle-model')
 }
 
 gradlePlugin {
@@ -34,6 +34,5 @@ publishing {
             artifactId = 'groowt-gradle'
             from components.java
         }
-
     }
 }