diff --git a/bin/assembly.xml b/bin/assembly.xml
index c246e2a4..acb7078d 100644
--- a/bin/assembly.xml
+++ b/bin/assembly.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <assembly>
     <id>bin</id>
     <formats>
-        <format>zip</format>
+        <format>dir</format>
     </formats>
 
     <fileSets>
diff --git a/pom-war.xml b/pom-war.xml
index dacb00d4..37837672 100644
--- a/pom-war.xml
+++ b/pom-war.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,16 @@
             <version>7.0.42</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eb7f9713..a54da4c1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@
             <artifactId>store-client</artifactId>
             <version>5.0</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <build>
         <finalName>ms-mcms</finalName>