diff --git a/provider/search-azure/pom.xml b/provider/search-azure/pom.xml
index 4a24f8cd11c34e616b99f972d4282a68489b2c2e..0b0da800275a87c4fbbb13a5713cb34f076cc130 100644
--- a/provider/search-azure/pom.xml
+++ b/provider/search-azure/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@
             <groupId>org.opengroup.osdu</groupId>
             <artifactId>core-lib-azure</artifactId>
             <version>0.0.12</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-log4j2</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
diff --git a/testing/integration-tests/search-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/common/TestsBase.java b/testing/integration-tests/search-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/common/TestsBase.java
index 20afcdc8bdb2038d905ae4bea7ed2440781afe15..00d1a2774ae709892afed1ec2973ea7f866dfe6b 100644
--- a/testing/integration-tests/search-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/common/TestsBase.java
+++ b/testing/integration-tests/search-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/common/TestsBase.java
@@ -161,7 +161,12 @@ public abstract class TestsBase {
         if (clientResponse.getType() == null || log == null){
             int i = 0;
         }
-        log.info(String.format("Response status: %s, type: %s", clientResponse.getStatus(), clientResponse.getType().toString()));
+        log.info(String.format("Response status: %s", clientResponse.getStatus()));
+        if(clientResponse.getType() != null){
+            log.info(String.format("Response type: %s", clientResponse.getType().toString()));
+        }else {
+            log.info("Got response type: null");
+        }
         assertEquals("application/json; charset=UTF-8", clientResponse.getType().toString());
         String responseEntity = clientResponse.getEntity(String.class);