diff --git a/src/java/com/samskivert/velocity/DispatcherServlet.java b/src/java/com/samskivert/velocity/DispatcherServlet.java
index b9a90aec..26bb4f5f 100644
--- a/src/java/com/samskivert/velocity/DispatcherServlet.java
+++ b/src/java/com/samskivert/velocity/DispatcherServlet.java
@@ -255,7 +255,8 @@ public class DispatcherServlet extends HttpServlet
         props.setProperty("userdirective", ImportDirective.class.getName());
 
         // configure the servlet context logger
-        props.put(RuntimeSingleton.RUNTIME_LOG_LOGSYSTEM, new ServletContextLogger());
+        props.put(RuntimeSingleton.RUNTIME_LOG_LOGSYSTEM_CLASS,
+                  ServletContextLogger.class.getName());
 
         // now return our augmented properties
         return props;