diff --git a/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/feed/impl/CopyFromHelper.java b/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/feed/impl/CopyFromHelper.java
index e44e07035..cbb1ffd1e 100644
--- a/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/feed/impl/CopyFromHelper.java
+++ b/rome/src/main/java/com/rometools/rome/feed/impl/CopyFromHelper.java
@@ -29,15 +29,10 @@
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
 import com.rometools.rome.feed.CopyFrom;
 
 public class CopyFromHelper {
 
-    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CopyFromHelper.class);
-
     private static final Set<Class<?>> BASIC_TYPES = new HashSet<Class<?>>();
     private static final Object[] NO_PARAMS = new Object[0];
 
@@ -93,7 +88,6 @@ public void copy(final Object target, final Object source) {
             }
 
         } catch (final Exception e) {
-            LOG.error("Error while copying object", e);
             throw new RuntimeException("Could not do a copyFrom " + e, e);
         }
 
diff --git a/rome/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/romtools/reflect-config.json b/rome/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/romtools/reflect-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e1832d46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rome/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/romtools/reflect-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+[
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.feed.module.DCModuleImpl",
+    "queryAllPublicMethods": true,
+    "allPublicMethods": true,
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.impl.ConverterForAtom03",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.impl.ConverterForAtom10",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.impl.ConverterForRSS090",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.impl.ConverterForRSS091Netscape",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.impl.ConverterForRSS091Userland",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.impl.ConverterForRSS092",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.impl.ConverterForRSS093",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.impl.ConverterForRSS094",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.impl.ConverterForRSS10",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.impl.ConverterForRSS20",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.Atom03Generator",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.Atom03Parser",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.Atom10Generator",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.Atom10Parser",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.DCModuleGenerator",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.DCModuleParser",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.RSS090Generator",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.RSS090Parser",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.RSS091NetscapeGenerator",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.RSS091NetscapeParser",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.RSS091UserlandGenerator",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.RSS091UserlandParser",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.RSS092Generator",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.RSS092Parser",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.RSS093Generator",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.RSS093Parser",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.RSS094Generator",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.RSS094Parser",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.RSS10Generator",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.RSS10Parser",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.RSS20Generator",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.RSS20Parser",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.RSS20wNSParser",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.SyModuleGenerator",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "com.rometools.rome.io.impl.SyModuleParser",
+    "allPublicConstructors":true
+  }
+]
diff --git a/rome/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/romtools/resource-config.json b/rome/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/romtools/resource-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3b3412ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rome/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/romtools/resource-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "resources": {
+    "includes": [
+      {
+        "pattern": "\\Qcom/rometools/rome/rome.properties\\E"
+      },
+      {
+        "pattern": "\\Qrome.properties\\E"
+      },
+      {
+        "pattern": "\\Qcom/rometools/modules/base/io/tags.properties\\E"
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}