diff --git a/cmd/monitor/cmd.go b/cmd/monitor/cmd.go
index 2f57cd04..79fc8804 100644
--- a/cmd/monitor/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/monitor/cmd.go
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ var MonitorCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Short: "Monitor blocks using a JSON-RPC endpoint.",
 	Long:  usage,
 	Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
+	PersistentPreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		// Avoid logging error and warning messages to the screen by default.
+		util.SetLogLevel(int(util.Silent), false)
+	},
 	PreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return checkFlags()
 	},
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 8d385dc8..042d1a43 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/maticnetwork/polygon-cli/cmd/fork"
 	"github.com/maticnetwork/polygon-cli/cmd/p2p"
 	"github.com/maticnetwork/polygon-cli/cmd/parseethwallet"
-	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
-	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+	"github.com/maticnetwork/polygon-cli/util"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
@@ -29,21 +28,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/maticnetwork/polygon-cli/cmd/wallet"
 )
 
-// VerbosityLevel represents the verbosity levels.
-// https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/rs/zerolog#readme-leveled-logging
-type VerbosityLevel int
-
-const (
-	Silent VerbosityLevel = 0
-	Panic  VerbosityLevel = 100
-	Fatal  VerbosityLevel = 200
-	Error  VerbosityLevel = 300
-	Warn   VerbosityLevel = 400
-	Info   VerbosityLevel = 500
-	Debug  VerbosityLevel = 600
-	Trace  VerbosityLevel = 700
-)
-
 var (
 	cfgFile   string
 	verbosity int
@@ -99,11 +83,7 @@ func NewPolycliCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		Short: "A Swiss Army knife of blockchain tools.",
 		Long:  "Polycli is a collection of tools that are meant to be useful while building, testing, and running block chain applications.",
 		PersistentPreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			if cmd.Use == monitor.MonitorCmd.Use {
-				setLogLevel(int(Silent), pretty)
-			} else {
-				setLogLevel(verbosity, pretty)
-			}
+			util.SetLogLevel(verbosity, pretty)
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -138,33 +118,3 @@ func NewPolycliCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	)
 	return cmd
 }
-
-// setLogLevel sets the log level based on the flags.
-// https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/customloglevels.html
-func setLogLevel(verbosity int, pretty bool) {
-	switch {
-	case verbosity == int(Silent):
-		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.NoLevel)
-	case verbosity < int(Panic):
-		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.PanicLevel)
-	case verbosity < int(Fatal):
-		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.FatalLevel)
-	case verbosity < int(Error):
-		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.ErrorLevel)
-	case verbosity < int(Warn):
-		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.WarnLevel)
-	case verbosity < int(Info):
-		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.InfoLevel)
-	case verbosity < int(Debug):
-		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.DebugLevel)
-	default:
-		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.TraceLevel)
-	}
-
-	if pretty {
-		log.Logger = log.Output(zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stderr})
-		log.Debug().Msg("Starting logger in console mode")
-	} else {
-		log.Debug().Msg("Starting logger in JSON mode")
-	}
-}
diff --git a/util/verbosity.go b/util/verbosity.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..041f21c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/verbosity.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package util
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+)
+
+// VerbosityLevel represents the verbosity levels.
+// https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/rs/zerolog#readme-leveled-logging
+type verbosityLevel int
+
+const (
+	Silent verbosityLevel = 0
+	Panic  verbosityLevel = 100
+	Fatal  verbosityLevel = 200
+	Error  verbosityLevel = 300
+	Warn   verbosityLevel = 400
+	Info   verbosityLevel = 500
+	Debug  verbosityLevel = 600
+	Trace  verbosityLevel = 700
+)
+
+// setLogLevel sets the log level based on the flags.
+// https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/customloglevels.html
+func SetLogLevel(verbosity int, pretty bool) {
+	switch {
+	case verbosity == int(Silent):
+		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.NoLevel)
+	case verbosity < int(Panic):
+		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.PanicLevel)
+	case verbosity < int(Fatal):
+		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.FatalLevel)
+	case verbosity < int(Error):
+		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.ErrorLevel)
+	case verbosity < int(Warn):
+		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.WarnLevel)
+	case verbosity < int(Info):
+		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.InfoLevel)
+	case verbosity < int(Debug):
+		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.DebugLevel)
+	default:
+		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.TraceLevel)
+	}
+
+	if pretty {
+		log.Logger = log.Output(zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stderr})
+		log.Debug().Msg("Starting logger in console mode")
+	} else {
+		log.Debug().Msg("Starting logger in JSON mode")
+	}
+}