diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6d2746f..7d87e04 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ A [default configuration](defaults/main.yml) is provided in this role. It establ
 - `casd_container`: the container name
 - `casd_network`: the name of the Docker network to create and attach the service container to
 - `casd_network_connected_containers`: a list of containers to connect to the network being created for buildbox-casd
+- `casd_log_level`: set log level for casd, possible values debug, error, info, trace, warning. Default is error
 - `casd_log_driver`: the log driver to use for the buildbox-casd container
 - `casd_log_options`: additional options to pass to the log driver
 - `casd_port`: the port the service listens to in the container and which is exposed on the container
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index a1fc629..5da731e 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -31,12 +31,15 @@ casd_metrics_args: >-
 casd_bind_address: "0.0.0.0"
 casd_bind_path: ""
 casd_bind: "{{ 'unix:' ~ casd_bind_path if casd_bind_path else casd_bind_address ~ ':' ~ casd_port }}"
+# (debug, error, info, trace, warning) [optional, default = "error"]
+casd_loglevel: ""
 casd_quota_high: ""
 casd_reserved: ""
 casd_cache_mnt: "/srv"
 casd_certs_mnt: "/certs"
 casd_cmd: >-
-  --verbose --bind {{ casd_bind }}
+  --bind {{ casd_bind }}
+  {% if casd_loglevel %}--log-level {{ casd_loglevel }}{% endif %}
   {% if casd_quota_high %}--quota-high {{ casd_quota_high }}{% endif %}
   {% if casd_reserved %}--reserved {{ casd_reserved }}{% endif %}
   {{ casd_metrics_args }} {{ casd_proxy_cas_args }} {{ casd_proxy_ac_args }}