diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index 317e27e3..c2434c8c 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ Rails.application.configure do
 
   config.action_mailer.perform_caching = false
 
+  # Use the lowest log level to ensure availability of diagnostic information
+  # when problems arise.
+  config.log_level = ENV.fetch("LOG_LEVEL") { "debug" }.to_sym
+
   # Print deprecation notices to the Rails logger.
   config.active_support.deprecation = :log
 
@@ -73,6 +77,6 @@ Rails.application.configure do
   # config.file_watcher = ActiveSupport::EventedFileUpdateChecker
 end
 
-# For better_errors to work inside Docker we need 
+# For better_errors to work inside Docker we need
 # to allow 0.0.0.0 as an IP in development context
 BetterErrors::Middleware.allow_ip! "0.0.0.0/0"
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index 5964fe5c..3ae984d5 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Rails.application.configure do
 
   # Use the lowest log level to ensure availability of diagnostic information
   # when problems arise.
-  config.log_level = :debug
+  config.log_level = ENV.fetch("LOG_LEVEL") { "info" }.to_sym
 
   # Prepend all log lines with the following tags.
   config.log_tags = [ :request_id ]
diff --git a/config/environments/test.rb b/config/environments/test.rb
index 30587ef6..036f3f7a 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.rb
+++ b/config/environments/test.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ Rails.application.configure do
   # ActionMailer::Base.deliveries array.
   config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :test
 
+  # Use the lowest log level to ensure availability of diagnostic information
+  # when problems arise.
+  config.log_level = ENV.fetch("LOG_LEVEL") { "debug" }.to_sym
+
   # Print deprecation notices to the stderr.
   config.active_support.deprecation = :stderr