diff --git a/gemp-lotr/gemp-lotr-server/src/main/java/com/gempukku/lotro/chat/ChatRoomMediator.java b/gemp-lotr/gemp-lotr-server/src/main/java/com/gempukku/lotro/chat/ChatRoomMediator.java
index 08ff0cd5c..342c3f93e 100644
--- a/gemp-lotr/gemp-lotr-server/src/main/java/com/gempukku/lotro/chat/ChatRoomMediator.java
+++ b/gemp-lotr/gemp-lotr-server/src/main/java/com/gempukku/lotro/chat/ChatRoomMediator.java
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ package com.gempukku.lotro.chat;
 import com.gempukku.lotro.PrivateInformationException;
 import com.gempukku.lotro.SubscriptionExpiredException;
 import com.gempukku.lotro.game.GatheringChatRoomListener;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReadWriteLock;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
 
 public class ChatRoomMediator {
+    private Logger _logger;
     private ChatRoom _chatRoom = new ChatRoom();
 
     private Map<String, GatheringChatRoomListener> _listeners = new HashMap<String, GatheringChatRoomListener>();
@@ -18,11 +20,12 @@ public class ChatRoomMediator {
 
     private ReadWriteLock _lock = new ReentrantReadWriteLock();
 
-    public ChatRoomMediator(int secondsTimeoutPeriod) {
-        this(secondsTimeoutPeriod, null);
+    public ChatRoomMediator(String roomName, int secondsTimeoutPeriod) {
+        this(roomName, secondsTimeoutPeriod, null);
     }
 
-    public ChatRoomMediator(int secondsTimeoutPeriod, Set<String> allowedPlayers) {
+    public ChatRoomMediator(String roomName, int secondsTimeoutPeriod, Set<String> allowedPlayers) {
+        _logger = Logger.getLogger("chat."+roomName);
         _allowedPlayers = allowedPlayers;
         _channelInactivityTimeoutPeriod = 1000 * secondsTimeoutPeriod;
     }
@@ -70,6 +73,7 @@ public class ChatRoomMediator {
             if (!admin && _allowedPlayers != null && !_allowedPlayers.contains(playerId))
                 throw new PrivateInformationException();
 
+            _logger.info(playerId+": "+message);
             _chatRoom.postMessage(playerId, message);
         } finally {
             _lock.writeLock().unlock();
diff --git a/gemp-lotr/gemp-lotr-web-server/src/main/resources/log4j.xml b/gemp-lotr/gemp-lotr-web-server/src/main/resources/log4j.xml
index 4aa73e4b2..df3c222e7 100644
--- a/gemp-lotr/gemp-lotr-web-server/src/main/resources/log4j.xml
+++ b/gemp-lotr/gemp-lotr-web-server/src/main/resources/log4j.xml
@@ -15,10 +15,25 @@
             <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} %5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n"/>
         </layout>
     </appender>
+
+    <appender name="chat" class="org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender">
+        <param name="file" value="${catalina.base}/logs/chat.log"/>
+        <param name="MaxFileSize" value="10MB"/>
+        <!-- Keep one backup file -->
+        <param name="MaxBackupIndex" value="20"/>
+        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
+            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} %5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n"/>
+        </layout>
+    </appender>
+
     <logger name="com.gempukku" additivity="false">
         <level value="debug"/>
         <appender-ref ref="R"/>
     </logger>
+    <logger name="chat">
+        <level value="ALL"/>
+        <appender-ref ref="chat"/>
+    </logger>
     <root>
         <level value="error"/>
         <appender-ref ref="R"/>