diff --git a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/logging/BufferedAppender.java b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/logging/BufferedAppender.java
index 0719164bd8d41c63bd900f5ddd2cc7a216aeaf9b..ffe58dce4ec88a9ae0fdc4cf9487c6a4ca82a12f 100644
--- a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/logging/BufferedAppender.java
+++ b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/logging/BufferedAppender.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 package ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Layout;
 import org.apache.log4j.Level;
@@ -113,6 +115,10 @@ public final class BufferedAppender extends WriterAppender
     {
         return new String(logRecorder.toByteArray()).trim();
     }
+    
+    public List<String> getLogLines() {
+    	return Arrays.asList(getLogContent().split("\n"));
+    }
 
     public final void resetLogContent()
     {
diff --git a/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/path/DataSetAndPathInfoDBConsistencyCheckTaskTest.java b/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/path/DataSetAndPathInfoDBConsistencyCheckTaskTest.java
index 3627cd6bae4dec92c230efc4df90809bcfa9ae5a..e2b08661b57878c0070db3194ef86ef2ff520320 100644
--- a/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/path/DataSetAndPathInfoDBConsistencyCheckTaskTest.java
+++ b/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/path/DataSetAndPathInfoDBConsistencyCheckTaskTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 package ch.systemsx.cisd.etlserver.path;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasItem;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -97,8 +100,9 @@ public class DataSetAndPathInfoDBConsistencyCheckTaskTest extends AssertJUnit
 
         task.execute();
 
-        assertEquals("INFO  OPERATION.DataSetAndPathInfoDBConsistencyCheckTask - "
-                + "Check 1 data sets registered since 1970-01-01 01:00:00", logRecorder.getLogContent());
+        assertThat(logRecorder.getLogLines(), hasItem("INFO  OPERATION.DataSetAndPathInfoDBConsistencyCheckTask - "
+                + "Check 1 data sets registered since 1970-01-01 01:00:00"));
+        
         assertEquals(true, fileContent.isClosed());
         assertEquals(true, pathInfoContent.isClosed());
         context.assertIsSatisfied();