diff --git a/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
index 2ae2c43a6687a2a1e711e0673f1adb90781563ea..0808e98baa610ea7fb80aa0acd83225bb81f173e 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ABSOLUTE} %5p %t %c{2}:%L - %m
 log4j.category.de.thm.arsnova=INFO
 log4j.category.org.springframework=INFO
 log4j.category.com.corundumstudio.socketio=INFO
+log4j.category.com.corundumstudio.socketio.handler.AuthorizeHandler=ERROR
 log4j.category.com.fourspaces.couchdb=WARN
 log4j.category.net.sf.json=WARN