diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/logging/ConsoleOutErrHandler.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/logging/ConsoleOutErrHandler.java
index 81b6a6385..30f39d69d 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/logging/ConsoleOutErrHandler.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/logging/ConsoleOutErrHandler.java
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public final class ConsoleOutErrHandler extends Handler {
         this.stdErrHandler.close();
     }
     
-    public synchronized void setLevel(final Level newLevel) throws SecurityException {
+    public void setLevel(final Level newLevel) throws SecurityException {
         super.setLevel(newLevel);
     }
     
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/logging/ConsoleOutHandler.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/logging/ConsoleOutHandler.java
index 983a48047..b218b7900 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/logging/ConsoleOutHandler.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/logging/ConsoleOutHandler.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import java.util.logging.LogRecord;
 import java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter;
 import java.util.logging.StreamHandler;
 
-public final class ConsoleOutHandler extends StreamHandler{
+public final class ConsoleOutHandler extends StreamHandler {
 
     public ConsoleOutHandler() {
         setLevel(Level.FINEST);
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ public final class ConsoleOutHandler extends StreamHandler{
         setOutputStream(System.out);        
     }
     
-    public synchronized void publish(final LogRecord record) {
+    public void publish(final LogRecord record) {
         super.publish(record);
         flush();
     }
     
-    public synchronized void close() {
+    public void close() {
         flush();
     }
 }
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/logging/GuiHandler.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/logging/GuiHandler.java
index 045d453a7..c9e24e745 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/logging/GuiHandler.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/logging/GuiHandler.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class GuiHandler extends Handler {
     	return this.size;
     }
     
-    public synchronized void publish(final LogRecord record) {
+    public void publish(final LogRecord record) {
         if (!isLoggable(record)) return;
         
         // write it to the buffer
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/logging/MiniLogFormatter.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/logging/MiniLogFormatter.java
index bd9d7172b..1c09c6033 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/logging/MiniLogFormatter.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/logging/MiniLogFormatter.java
@@ -36,17 +36,15 @@ public final class MiniLogFormatter extends SimpleFormatter {
           super();
       }        
       
-      public synchronized String format(final LogRecord record) {
+      public String format(final LogRecord record) {
           
           final StringBuilder buffer = this.buffer;
           buffer.setLength(0);
-
           buffer.append(formatMessage(record));
           
           // adding the stack trace if available
           buffer.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
           
-          
           return buffer.toString();
       }
 }
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/logging/SimpleLogFormatter.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/logging/SimpleLogFormatter.java
index 51518de21..f6601e9ba 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/logging/SimpleLogFormatter.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/logging/SimpleLogFormatter.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class SimpleLogFormatter extends SimpleFormatter {
           super();
       }        
       
-      public synchronized String format(final LogRecord record) {
+      public String format(final LogRecord record) {
           
           final StringBuffer buffer = this.buffer;
           buffer.setLength(0);