diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0834ba6988575e4f88bf9bcc4d014533ba4c589f..477aafb5707e5e418c432049e7607bddcfca23ea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@
 			<groupId>org.ops4j.pax.logging</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pax-logging-api</artifactId>
 			<version>1.5.2</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.cytoscape</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/hhu/ba/yoshikoWrapper/logging/YoshikoLogger.java b/src/main/java/de/hhu/ba/yoshikoWrapper/logging/YoshikoLogger.java
index cbedca65cc3c8b6d71a5ac2f0f3969b258420726..09df8c9cadb1ae328cb9951ee900a5c3fa57f7e9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/hhu/ba/yoshikoWrapper/logging/YoshikoLogger.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/hhu/ba/yoshikoWrapper/logging/YoshikoLogger.java
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ public class YoshikoLogger {
 	//SINGLETON TEMPLATE//
 	private static YoshikoLogger instance;
 	private YoshikoLogger() {};
+
+	private Logger logger;
+
+	
 	public static YoshikoLogger getInstance() {
 		if (instance == null) {
 			instance = new YoshikoLogger();
@@ -15,8 +19,7 @@ public class YoshikoLogger {
 		return instance;
 	}
 	
-	private Logger logger;
-
+	
 	public Logger getLogger() {
 		if (logger == null) {
 			logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());