diff --git a/src/cli/mod.rs b/src/cli/mod.rs
index 512c955..fbd3dac 100644
--- a/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ use figment::{
 };
 use serde::Serialize;
 
+use crate::config::LogLevel;
+
 /// Otter is a lightweight implementation of the Gpodder API, designed to be used for small
 /// personal deployments.
 #[derive(Parser)]
@@ -28,21 +30,26 @@ pub struct ClapConfig {
         short,
         long = "config",
         env = "OTTER_CONFIG_FILE",
-        value_name = "CONFIG_FILE"
+        value_name = "CONFIG_FILE",
+        global = true
     )]
     config_file: Option<PathBuf>,
 
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
-    #[arg(long = "data", value_name = "DATA_DIR")]
+    #[arg(long = "data", value_name = "DATA_DIR", global = true)]
     data_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
 
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
-    #[arg(short, long, value_name = "DOMAIN")]
+    #[arg(short, long, value_name = "DOMAIN", global = true)]
     domain: Option<String>,
 
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
-    #[arg(short, long, value_name = "PORT")]
+    #[arg(short, long, value_name = "PORT", global = true)]
     port: Option<u16>,
+
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[arg(short, long = "log", value_name = "LOG_LEVEL", global = true)]
+    log_level: Option<LogLevel>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Subcommand)]
diff --git a/src/cli/serve.rs b/src/cli/serve.rs
index a434db0..024d5b4 100644
--- a/src/cli/serve.rs
+++ b/src/cli/serve.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 use std::time::Duration;
 
+use tracing_subscriber::util::SubscriberInitExt;
+
 use crate::server;
 
 pub fn serve(config: &crate::config::Config) -> u8 {
-    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt()
+        .with_max_level(tracing::Level::from(config.log_level))
+        .init();
 
     tracing::info!("Initializing database and running migrations");
 
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 67bc59a..c015933 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,27 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-use serde::Deserialize;
+use clap::ValueEnum;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Clone, ValueEnum, Copy)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
+pub enum LogLevel {
+    Debug,
+    Info,
+    Warn,
+    Error,
+}
+
+impl From<LogLevel> for tracing::Level {
+    fn from(value: LogLevel) -> Self {
+        match value {
+            LogLevel::Debug => Self::DEBUG,
+            LogLevel::Info => Self::INFO,
+            LogLevel::Warn => Self::WARN,
+            LogLevel::Error => Self::ERROR,
+        }
+    }
+}
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub struct Config {
@@ -12,6 +33,8 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub port: u16,
     #[serde(default = "default_session_cleanup_interval")]
     pub session_cleanup_interval: u64,
+    #[serde(default = "default_log_level")]
+    pub log_level: LogLevel,
 }
 
 fn default_data_dir() -> PathBuf {
@@ -30,3 +53,7 @@ fn default_session_cleanup_interval() -> u64 {
     // Default is once a day
     60 * 60 * 24
 }
+
+fn default_log_level() -> LogLevel {
+    LogLevel::Warn
+}