diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/components/apacheds/DefaultApacheDs.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/components/apacheds/DefaultApacheDs.java
index 25f353c..111ca7a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/components/apacheds/DefaultApacheDs.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/components/apacheds/DefaultApacheDs.java
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
     {
         logger.info( "Starting Apache Directory Server server." );
 
-        logger.info( "ApacheDS basedir: " + basedir.getAbsolutePath() );
+        logger.info( "ApacheDS basedir: {}", basedir.getAbsolutePath() );
 
         File logs = new File( basedir, "logs" );