diff --git a/docker/conf/kafka-manager_logback.xml b/docker/conf/kafka-manager_logback.xml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/conf/kafka-manager_logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+  -->
+<!-- The default logback configuration that Play uses if no other configuration is provided -->
+<configuration>
+    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%date - [%level] %logger{15} - %message%n%xException{10}</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <appender name="ASYNCSTDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender">
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+    </appender>
+
+    <logger name="play" level="INFO" />
+    <logger name="application" level="INFO" />
+    <logger name="kafka.manager" level="INFO" />
+
+    <!-- Off these ones as they are annoying, and anyway we manage configuration ourself -->
+    <logger name="com.avaje.ebean.config.PropertyMapLoader" level="OFF" />
+    <logger name="com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.core.XmlConfigLoader" level="OFF" />
+    <logger name="com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.lib.BackgroundThread" level="OFF" />
+    <logger name="com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.javascript" level="OFF" />
+    <logger name="org.apache.zookeeper" level="INFO"/>
+
+    <!-- This one is annoying too -->
+    <logger name="kafka.manager.actor.KafkaManagerActor" level="WARN"/>
+
+    <root level="WARN">
+        <appender-ref ref="ASYNCSTDOUT" />
+    </root>
+
+</configuration>
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
     depends_on:
       - zookeeper
     command: -Dpidfile.path=/dev/null
+    volumes:
+      - "./conf/kafka-manager_logback.xml:/kafka-manager/conf/logback.xml:ro"
 
   prometheus:
     image: prom/prometheus