diff --git a/backend/shared_configs/configs.py b/backend/shared_configs/configs.py
index 21448ccd66d9..0bc34c65d2a0 100644
--- a/backend/shared_configs/configs.py
+++ b/backend/shared_configs/configs.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ LOG_FILE_NAME = os.environ.get("LOG_FILE_NAME") or "danswer"
 # Enable generating persistent log files for local dev environments
 DEV_LOGGING_ENABLED = os.environ.get("DEV_LOGGING_ENABLED", "").lower() == "true"
 # notset, debug, info, notice, warning, error, or critical
-LOG_LEVEL = os.environ.get("LOG_LEVEL", "notice")
+LOG_LEVEL = os.environ.get("LOG_LEVEL", "info")
 
 # Timeout for API-based embedding models
 # NOTE: does not apply for Google VertexAI, since the python client doesn't