diff --git a/src/app.module.ts b/src/app.module.ts
index 0d4055d..67ebd78 100644
--- a/src/app.module.ts
+++ b/src/app.module.ts
@@ -20,11 +20,10 @@ import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
       imports: [ConfigModule],
       inject: [ConfigService],
       useFactory: async (config: ConfigService) => {
-        const level = config.get('general.debug') ? 'debug' : 'info';
         return {
-          level,
+          level: config.get('general.loglevel'),
           pinoHttp: {
-            level,
+            level: config.get('general.loglevel'),
             genReqId: (request) =>
               request.headers['x-correlation-id'] || uuidv4(),
             transport: config.get('general.pretty')
diff --git a/src/config/schema/config.schema.ts b/src/config/schema/config.schema.ts
index 26eadb2..e0a0ae1 100644
--- a/src/config/schema/config.schema.ts
+++ b/src/config/schema/config.schema.ts
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ export const schema: convict.Schema<AppConfig> = {
       env: 'PORT',
       arg: 'port',
     },
-    debug: {
-      doc: 'Enable debug logging',
-      format: 'Boolean',
-      default: false,
-      env: 'DEBUG',
-      arg: 'debug',
+    loglevel: {
+      doc: 'Set the log level',
+      format: 'String',
+      default: 'error',
+      env: 'LOG_LEVEL',
+      arg: 'loglevel',
     },
     pretty: {
       doc: 'Enable pretty logging',