diff --git a/dev/logback.xml b/dev/logback.xml
index f10e8e2d..ad8ce02a 100644
--- a/dev/logback.xml
+++ b/dev/logback.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <!-- Logback configuration. See http://logback.qos.ch/manual/index.html -->
 <configuration scan="true" scanPeriod="10 seconds">
+    <property scope="context" name="LOG_LEVEL" value="${LOG_LEVEL:-INFO}"/>
 
     <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
         <encoder>
@@ -7,15 +8,15 @@
         </encoder>
     </appender>
 
-    <root level="INFO">
+    <root level="${LOG_LEVEL}">
         <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
     </root>
 
     <logger name="user" level="ALL"/>
     <logger name="ch.qos.logback" level="WARN"/>
-    <logger name="fluree.server" level="INFO"/>
-    <logger name="fluree.db" level="INFO"/>
-    <logger name="fluree.db.consensus" level="INFO"/>
-    <logger name="fluree.db.messaging" level="INFO"/>
+    <logger name="fluree.server" level="${LOG_LEVEL}"/>
+    <logger name="fluree.db" level="${LOG_LEVEL}"/>
+    <logger name="fluree.db.consensus" level="${LOG_LEVEL}"/>
+    <logger name="fluree.db.messaging" level="${LOG_LEVEL}"/>
 
 </configuration>
diff --git a/resources/logback.xml b/resources/logback.xml
index ca364c7f..8d158ffd 100644
--- a/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/resources/logback.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <configuration>
+    <property scope="context" name="LOG_LEVEL" value="${LOG_LEVEL:-INFO}"/>
 
     <appender name="CONSOLE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
         <encoder>
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@
         </encoder>
     </appender>
 
-    <logger name="fluree" level="info" additivity="false">
+    <logger name="fluree" level="${LOG_LEVEL}" additivity="false">
         <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/>
     </logger>