diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/RefineServlet.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/RefineServlet.java
index d137ae316..8b033f9ca 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/RefineServlet.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/RefineServlet.java
@@ -164,14 +164,14 @@ public class RefineServlet extends Butterfly {
             Command command = commands.get(commandKey);
             if (command != null) {
                 if (request.getMethod().equals("GET")) {
-                    if (!logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
+                    if (!logger.isTraceEnabled() && command.logRequests()) {
                         logger.info("GET {}", request.getPathInfo());
                     }
                     logger.trace("> GET {}", commandKey);
                     command.doGet(request, response);
                     logger.trace("< GET {}", commandKey);
                 } else if (request.getMethod().equals("POST")) {
-                    if (!logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
+                    if (!logger.isTraceEnabled() && command.logRequests()) {
                         logger.info("POST {}", request.getPathInfo());
                     }
                     logger.trace("> POST {}", commandKey);
diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/commands/Command.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/commands/Command.java
index 1dd25510f..755a9217d 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/commands/Command.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/commands/Command.java
@@ -86,6 +86,15 @@ public abstract class Command {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
     };
 
+    /**
+     * Whether each request to this command should be logged. For some commands
+     * that can get called too frequently, such as GetProcessesCommand, logging
+     * is very distracting.
+     */
+    public boolean logRequests() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Utility function to get the browsing engine's configuration as a JSON object
      * from the "engine" request parameter, most often in the POST body.
diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/commands/history/GetProcessesCommand.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/commands/history/GetProcessesCommand.java
index dd5262d9d..2768edeba 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/commands/history/GetProcessesCommand.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/commands/history/GetProcessesCommand.java
@@ -57,4 +57,9 @@ public class GetProcessesCommand extends Command {
             respondException(response, e);
         }
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean logRequests() {
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/log4j.properties b/server/src/log4j.properties
index e7ef6a361..8a0efd533 100644
--- a/server/src/log4j.properties
+++ b/server/src/log4j.properties
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ log4j.logger.velocity=WARN
 
 log4j.appender.console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 log4j.appender.console.layout=com.google.util.logging.IndentingLayout
+
+log4j.logger.butterfly=ERROR
+log4j.logger.refine=INFO
+log4j.logger.FileProjectManager=WARN