diff --git a/src/main/java/swg/entity/SwgConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/swg/entity/SwgConfiguration.java
index dddc37e..71d9704 100644
--- a/src/main/java/swg/entity/SwgConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/swg/entity/SwgConfiguration.java
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ public class SwgConfiguration {
 
             public String toString() {
                 StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder(type + ":" + path);
-                if(filters != null) {
+                if(filters != null && filters.size() > 0) {
                     int filterSize = filters.size();
                     output.append("{");
                     for (int i = 0; i < filterSize; i++) {
@@ -777,13 +777,14 @@ public class SwgConfiguration {
 
             public static class LogTargetFilter {
                 private String type;
-                private String name;
+                private String match;
+                private boolean negate;
                 private boolean filtered;
 
                 LogTargetFilter() {}
 
                 public String toString() {
-                    return getTypeValue() + getFilteredValue() + name;
+                    return getTypeValue() + getFilteredValue() + (isNegate() ? "!" : "") + match;
                 }
 
                 private String getTypeValue() {
@@ -799,8 +800,10 @@ public class SwgConfiguration {
                 }
 
                 private String getFilteredValue() {
-                    if(isFiltered()) return "-";
-                    return "+";
+                    if(isFiltered()) {
+                        return isNegate() ? "+" : "-";
+                    }
+                    return isNegate() ? "-" : "+";
                 }
 
                 public String getType() {
@@ -811,12 +814,20 @@ public class SwgConfiguration {
                     this.type = type;
                 }
 
-                public String getName() {
-                    return name;
+                public String getMatch() {
+                    return match;
                 }
 
-                public void setName(String name) {
-                    this.name = name;
+                public void setMatch(String match) {
+                    this.match = match;
+                }
+
+                public boolean isNegate() {
+                    return negate;
+                }
+
+                public void setNegate(boolean negate) {
+                    this.negate = negate;
                 }
 
                 public boolean isFiltered() {
diff --git a/src/main/resources/swg-defaults.yml b/src/main/resources/swg-defaults.yml
index 2d4d3b6..f9e8208 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/swg-defaults.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/swg-defaults.yml
@@ -139,16 +139,18 @@ sharedLog:
   logTargets:
     - type: net
       path: 127.0.0.1:44467
-      filter:
-#    - type: file
-#      path: logs/log.txt
-#      filters:
-#        - type: channel
-#          name: profile
-#          filtered: true
-#        - type: channel
-#          name: CustomerService
-#          filtered: true
+      filters:
+    - type: file
+      path: logs/log.txt
+      filters:
+        - type: channel
+          match: profile
+          negate: true
+          filtered: true
+        - type: channel
+          match: CustomerService
+          negate: false
+          filtered: true
 sharedNetwork:
   oldestUnacknowledgedTimeout: 0
   noDataTimeout: 1000000