diff --git a/cnn_classification_service/config.py b/cnn_classification_service/config.py
index 154393f..12ffae3 100644
--- a/cnn_classification_service/config.py
+++ b/cnn_classification_service/config.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import os
+import sys
+import logging
 
 
 class Config:
@@ -13,3 +15,9 @@ class Config:
 
     RELEASE_ID = os.environ.get('RELEASE_ID', 'test')
     RELEASEMODE = os.environ.get('RELEASEMODE', 'dev')
+
+    LOG_LEVEL = logging.DEBUG if (
+                                         '--debug' in sys.argv
+                                 ) or (
+                                         os.environ.get('DEBUG', '0').lower() in ['yes', 'true', '1']
+                                 ) else logging.INFO
diff --git a/cnn_classification_service/main.py b/cnn_classification_service/main.py
index 8acb2df..001c7ea 100644
--- a/cnn_classification_service/main.py
+++ b/cnn_classification_service/main.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def main():
     logging.basicConfig(
         stream=sys.stdout,
         format="%(asctime)s - %(name)s [%(levelname)s]: %(message)s",
-        level=logging.DEBUG if '--debug' in sys.argv else logging.INFO
+        level=Config.LOG_LEVEL
     )
 
     if Config.SENTRY_DSN: