diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonPath.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonPath.java
index 1821525b..45af4ee4 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonPath.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonPath.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ package com.jayway.jsonpath;
 
 
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.IOUtils;
-import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.Log;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.PathToken;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.PathTokenizer;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.filter.PathTokenFilter;
@@ -24,6 +23,8 @@ import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.HttpProviderFactory;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.JsonProvider;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.JsonProviderFactory;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
@@ -99,6 +100,8 @@ import static org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate.*;
  */
 public class JsonPath {
 
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(JsonPath.class.getName());
+
     private static Pattern DEFINITE_PATH_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(".*(\\.\\.|\\*|\\[[\\\\/]|\\?|,|:\\s?]|\\[\\s?:|>|\\(|<|=|\\+).*");
     private static Pattern INVALID_PATH_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("[^\\?\\+=\\-\\*/!]\\(");
 
@@ -122,8 +125,8 @@ public class JsonPath {
 
         this.tokenizer = new PathTokenizer(jsonPath);
 
-        if(Log.isDebugEnabled()){
-            Log.debug("New JsonPath:\n{}", this.tokenizer.toString());
+        if(LOG.isDebugEnabled()){
+            LOG.debug("New JsonPath:\n{}", this.tokenizer.toString());
         }
 
         this.filters = new LinkedList<Filter>();
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/Log.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/Log.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c571d25..00000000
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/Log.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-package com.jayway.jsonpath.internal;
-
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
-
-import java.util.regex.Matcher;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
-
-/**
- * User: kalle
- * Date: 8/28/13
- * Time: 10:23 AM
- */
-public final class Log {
-
-    private Log() {
-    }
-
-    private static boolean enabled = false;
-
-    public static void enableDebug(){
-        enabled = true;
-    }
-
-    public static boolean isDebugEnabled(){
-        return enabled;
-    }
-
-    public static void debug(String msg, Object... args){
-        if(enabled){
-
-            int argCount = StringUtils.countMatches(msg, "{}");
-
-            if(!(argCount == args.length)){
-                throw new RuntimeException("Invalid debug statement.");
-            }
-
-            StackTraceElement[] stackTraceElements = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace();
-
-            String cls = stackTraceElements[2].getClassName();
-
-            msg = msg.replaceFirst(Pattern.quote("{}"), "%s");
-
-            msg = String.format(msg, args);
-
-            System.out.println("DEBUG [" + Thread.currentThread().getName() + "] " + cls + "  " +  msg);
-        }
-
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/LogTest.java b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/LogTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index cd3b9b9b..00000000
--- a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/LogTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-package com.jayway.jsonpath;
-
-import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.Log;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-/**
- * User: kalle
- * Date: 8/28/13
- * Time: 10:40 AM
- */
-public class LogTest {
-
-
-    @Test
-    public void logger_expands_templates() {
-
-        Log.enableDebug();
-
-        Log.debug("foo \n{}", "bar");
-
-    }
-}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 20a3680a..01217e11 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -253,7 +253,10 @@
         Global dependencies
         ==================================
         -->
-
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
 
         <!--
         ==================================
@@ -266,12 +269,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>