diff --git a/roles/oidcng/defaults/main.yml b/roles/oidcng/defaults/main.yml
index 3dcbd97b3..d3985b6ff 100644
--- a/roles/oidcng/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/oidcng/defaults/main.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ oidcng_idp_metadata_url: https://engine.{{ base_domain }}/authentication/idp/met
 oidcng_base_hostname: connect.{{ base_domain }}
 oidcng_logback_email: true
 oidcng_logback_json: true
+oidcng_loglevel: INFO
 oidcng_device_flow: false
 oidcng_idp_sso_location: https://engine.{{ base_domain }}/authentication/idp/single-sign-on
 oidcng_manage_provision_samlsp_client_id: "https://connect.{{ base_domain }}"
diff --git a/roles/oidcng/templates/application.yml.j2 b/roles/oidcng/templates/application.yml.j2
index 5c52fd42d..e01ba7d3d 100644
--- a/roles/oidcng/templates/application.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/oidcng/templates/application.yml.j2
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # The logging configuration.
 logging:
   config: file://{{ oidcng_config_dir }}/logback.xml
-  level:
-    org.springframework: WARN
 
 # Is this node in a load-balanced topology responsible for cleaning up resources
 cron:
diff --git a/roles/oidcng/templates/logback.xml.j2 b/roles/oidcng/templates/logback.xml.j2
index 8ca540620..81ddb66a9 100644
--- a/roles/oidcng/templates/logback.xml.j2
+++ b/roles/oidcng/templates/logback.xml.j2
@@ -39,17 +39,17 @@
     </filter>
   </appender>
 
-  <logger name="oidc" level="INFO"/>
-  <logger name="com.github.cloudyrock.mongock" level="INFO"/>
-  <logger name="org.springframework" level="INFO"/>
-  <root level="WARN">
-    {% if oidcng_logback_email |bool %}
-      <appender-ref ref="EMAIL"/>
-    {% endif %}
-    <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
-    {% if oidcng_logback_json |bool %}
-      <appender-ref ref="JSON_SYSLOG"/>
-    {% endif %}
-  </root>
+ <logger name="oidc" level="{{ oidcng_loglevel }}" />
+ <logger name="com.github.cloudyrock.mongock" level="INFO" />
+ <logger name="org.springframework" level="INFO" />
+ <root level="WARN">
+{%if oidcng_logback_email |bool  %}
+   <appender-ref ref="EMAIL" />
+{%endif%}
+   <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+{%if oidcng_logback_json |bool  %}
+   <appender-ref ref="JSON_SYSLOG" />
+{%endif%}
+ </root>
 
 </configuration>