diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 7c05ad6ed9246666d9d9260d5a89bf58d8ace9b0..0f95ec9721667e856a3b79a1bdd5444003293066 100755
--- a/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@ if [ "${WEBSERVICE}" = "false" ]; then
   # run arguments as command, or bash prompt if no arguments
   exec "${@:-/bin/bash}"
 else
+  export LOG_BASIC_CONFIG="${LOG_BASIC_CONFIG:-true}"
+  export LOG_LEVEL="${LOG_LEVEL:-INFO}"
   # run gunicorn server for web service
   exec gunicorn \
       --access-logfile - \
       --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 \
+      --log-level "${LOG_LEVEL}" \
       --threads 2 \
       --workers 2 \
       --worker-class uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker \
diff --git a/geomagio/api/app.py b/geomagio/api/app.py
index 47fb64a47dc6bcd75596d148487f1c5afa113363..618fe8edd91d924a8a9d864cc569fba8a5065cf9 100644
--- a/geomagio/api/app.py
+++ b/geomagio/api/app.py
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ from starlette.responses import RedirectResponse
 from . import secure, ws
 from .db import database
 
-# configure logging
-DEBUG = os.getenv('DEBUG', 'false')
-LOG_LEVEL = logging.DEBUG if DEBUG == "true" else logging.INFO
-logging.basicConfig(level=LOG_LEVEL)
+LOG_BASIC_CONFIG = os.getenv("LOG_BASIC_CONFIG", "false")
+LOG_LEVEL = os.getenv("LOG_LEVEL", "INFO")
+if LOG_BASIC_CONFIG == "true":
+    logging.basicConfig(level=LOG_LEVEL)
 
 app = FastAPI()
 app.mount("/ws/secure", secure.app)