diff --git a/server/main-api/README.md b/server/main-api/README.md
index a8282ce81..953455bde 100644
--- a/server/main-api/README.md
+++ b/server/main-api/README.md
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ The server should now be available on `localhost:8080` if you have configured th
 |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | `POSTGRES_{USER,PASSWORD,URL,DB}` | [`all`](./main.rs)               | required                                | Used to connect to the db                                                                              |
 | `GIT_COMMIT_SHA`                  | [`main`](./main.rs)              | optional                                | Shown in the status endpint (also set at build time in docker)                                         |
+| `LOG_LEVEL`                       | [`main`](./main.rs)              | optional                                | Shown in the status endpint (also set at build time in docker)                                         |
 | `GITHUB_TOKEN`                    | [`feedback`](./feeedback/mod.rs) |                                         | A GitHub token with `write` access to `repo`.<br/>This is used to create issues/PRs on the repository. |
 | `JWT_KEY`                         | [`feedback`](./feeedback/mod.rs) |                                         | A key used to sign JWTs.<br/>This is used to authenticate that feedback tokens were given out by us.   |
 | `MIELI_{URL,MASTER_KEY}`          | [`search`](./search/mod.rs)      |                                         | Allows searching via meiliserch                                                                        |
diff --git a/server/main-api/src/main.rs b/server/main-api/src/main.rs
index c42bfddd5..cb6b77056 100644
--- a/server/main-api/src/main.rs
+++ b/server/main-api/src/main.rs
@@ -57,17 +57,22 @@ fn connection_string() -> String {
 fn setup_logging() {
     #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
     {
+        let log_level = std::env::var("LOG_LEVEL").unwrap_or_else(|_|"debug".to_string());
+        let filter = format!("{log_level},hyper=info,rustls=info,h2=info,sqlx=info,hickory_resolver=info,hickory_proto=info");
         let env = env_logger::Env::default()
-            .default_filter_or("debug,hyper=info,rustls=info,h2=info,sqlx=info,hickory_resolver=info,hickory_proto=info");
+            .default_filter_or(&filter);
         env_logger::Builder::from_env(env).init();
     }
     #[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
-    structured_logger::Builder::with_level("info")
-        .with_target_writer(
-            "*",
-            structured_logger::async_json::new_writer(tokio::io::stdout()),
-        )
-        .init();
+    {
+        let log_level = std::env::var("LOG_LEVEL").unwrap_or_else(|_|"info".to_string());
+        structured_logger::Builder::with_level(&log_level)
+            .with_target_writer(
+                "*",
+                structured_logger::async_json::new_writer(tokio::io::stdout()),
+            )
+            .init();
+    }
 }
 
 #[tokio::main]