There are two ways to do it: a) Edit WebLogic start script and add the following just before the Serverline: -Dweblogic.debug.DebugMessagingBridgeStartup=TRUE -Dweblogic.debug.DebugMessagingBridgeRuntime=TRUE b) Edit the xml filefor the server that the messaging bridge is running on and add the following to the ServerDebugentry: DebugMessagingBridgeStartup="TRUE" DebugMessagingBridgeRuntime="TRUE"