--- a/common/core/src/main/java/com/redhat/thermostat/common/utils/LoggingUtils.java	Thu Jul 23 14:24:35 2015 +0200
+++ b/common/core/src/main/java/com/redhat/thermostat/common/utils/LoggingUtils.java	Tue Jul 28 17:14:09 2015 +0200
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
  * properties file that sets an appropriate value for ".level"
  */
 public final class LoggingUtils {
+    
+    private static final String JUL_CONFIG_PROP_FILE = "java.util.logging.config.file";
 
     /*
      * Custom log level, intended for use with Thermostat's internal performance
@@ -168,7 +170,10 @@
             // Set basic logger configs. Note that this does NOT add handlers.
             // It also resets() handlers. I.e. removes any existing handlers
             // for the root logger.
-            LogManager.getLogManager().readConfiguration(fis);
+            // Only erase any log config if no log config property file is set
+            if (null == System.getProperty(JUL_CONFIG_PROP_FILE)) {
+                LogManager.getLogManager().readConfiguration(fis);
+            }
         } catch (SecurityException | IOException e) {
             throw new InvalidConfigurationException(t.localize(LocaleResources.LOGGING_PROPERTIES_ISSUE), e);
         }

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/distribution/config/bash-complete-logging.properties	Tue Jul 28 17:14:09 2015 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Copyright 2012-2015 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of Thermostat.
+#
+# Thermostat is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
+# by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your
+# option) any later version.
+#
+# Thermostat is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Thermostat; see the file COPYING.  If not see
+# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# Linking this code with other modules is making a combined work
+# based on this code.  Thus, the terms and conditions of the GNU
+# General Public License cover the whole combination.
+#
+# As a special exception, the copyright holders of this code give
+# you permission to link this code with independent modules to
+# produce an executable, regardless of the license terms of these
+# independent modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting
+# executable under terms of your choice, provided that you also
+# meet, for each linked independent module, the terms and conditions
+# of the license of that module.  An independent module is a module
+# which is not derived from or based on this code.  If you modify
+# this code, you may extend this exception to your version of the
+# library, but you are not obligated to do so.  If you do not wish
+# to do so, delete this exception statement from your version.
+
+###################################################################
+# Disables all Thermostat jul-logging. It is used by the
+# bash-completion functionality.
+###################################################################
+com.redhat.thermostat.level=OFF

--- a/distribution/pom.xml	Thu Jul 23 14:24:35 2015 +0200
+++ b/distribution/pom.xml	Tue Jul 28 17:14:09 2015 +0200
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@
                     <include>devsetup.input</include>
                     <include>db.properties</include>
                     <include>logging.properties</include>
+                    <include>bash-complete-logging.properties</include>
                     <include>osgi-export.properties</include>
                     <include>commands/*.properties</include>
                   </includes>

--- a/distribution/scripts/thermostat-completion	Thu Jul 23 14:24:35 2015 +0200
+++ b/distribution/scripts/thermostat-completion	Tue Jul 28 17:14:09 2015 +0200
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 _thermostat() 
 {
     local cur prev opts base
-    local thermostat_install_dir
+    local thermostat_install_dir thermostat_logging_opts
     thermostat_install_dir="${thermostat.home}"
+    thermostat_logging_opts="-J-Djava.util.logging.config.file=${thermostat_install_dir}/etc/bash-complete-logging.properties"
     COMPREPLY=()
     cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
     prev="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}"
 
     # Thermostat Options
-    opts="$(${thermostat_install_dir}/bin/thermostat help | cut -d " " -f 2 | tr '\n' ' ' | cut -d " " -f 3-)"
+    opts="$(${thermostat_install_dir}/bin/thermostat ${thermostat_logging_opts} help | cut -d " " -f 2 | tr '\n' ' ' | cut -d " " -f 3-)"
 
     COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "${opts}" -- ${cur}))  
     return 0