log4j:ERROR Attempted to append to closed appender named

[Jon Wilmoth]

I'm getting the above error when attempting to use log4j AFTER the server has started up.  It seems odd that it is able to log during server start-up, but not afterward.  Attached is the xml config file.  How do I resolve this?   Thanks, Jon Wilmoth

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>


<log4j:configuration configDebug="true">

	<!-- ====================== APPENDERS ====================== -->
	<appender name="ASYNC" class="org.apache.log4j.AsyncAppender">
        <appender-ref ref="LOGFILE"/>
		<appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/>
	</appender>

	<appender name="CONSOLE" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
		<layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
  		     <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{MMM-dd-yyyy h:mm:ss:SSS a, z} [%-5p] (%C{4}:%L) - %m\n"/>
		</layout>
	</appender>

	<appender name="LOGFILE" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender">
    	<!-- roll file over every day at midnight -->
    	<param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd"/>
    	<param name="Append" value="true"/>
    	<param name="File" value="logs/ester.log" />

        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
             <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{MMM-dd-yyyy h:mm:ss:SSS a, z} [%-5p] (%C{4}:%L) - %m\n"/>
		</layout>
	</appender>

	<!-- ====================== /APPENDERS ====================== -->

	<!-- ====================== CATEGORIES ====================== -->
	<category name="com.esage">
		<priority value="DEBUG" />
        <appender-ref ref="LOGFILE"/>
		<appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/>
	</category>

	<root>
	    <priority value="FATAL" />
        <appender-ref ref="LOGFILE"/>
		<appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/>
	</root>
	<!-- ====================== /CATEGORIES ====================== -->

</log4j:configuration>

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