diff --git a/production/syslog.conf b/production/syslog.conf
index 1a36100dd..7a55c57c7 100644
--- a/production/syslog.conf
+++ b/production/syslog.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-local7.>=notice |/usr/local/bin/sudo -u mempool /usr/local/bin/mempool-logger mempool.ops alerts
+local7.>=err |/usr/local/bin/sudo -u mempool /usr/local/bin/mempool-logger mempool.ops alerts
 local7.>=info |/usr/local/bin/sudo -u mempool /usr/local/bin/mempool-logger mempool.ops node100
 local7.>=info /var/log/mempool
 local7.* /var/log/mempool.debug