diff --git a/plugin-server/src/types.ts b/plugin-server/src/types.ts
index 700bf4f6cef89..af3d34f69cc18 100644
--- a/plugin-server/src/types.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/src/types.ts
@@ -451,9 +451,10 @@ export enum PluginLogEntryType {
 
 export enum PluginLogLevel {
     Full = 0, // all logs
-    Debug = 1, // all except log
-    Warn = 2, // all except log and info
-    Critical = 3, // only error type and system source
+    Log = 1, // all except debug
+    Info = 2, // all expect log and debug
+    Warn = 3, // all except log, debug and info
+    Critical = 4, // only error type and system source
 }
 
 export interface PluginLogEntry {
diff --git a/plugin-server/src/utils/db/db.ts b/plugin-server/src/utils/db/db.ts
index cf64f86b600a2..f6999b3caae85 100644
--- a/plugin-server/src/utils/db/db.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/src/utils/db/db.ts
@@ -1076,10 +1076,9 @@ export class DB {
 
     public async queuePluginLogEntry(entry: LogEntryPayload): Promise<void> {
         const { pluginConfig, source, message, type, timestamp, instanceId } = entry
+        const configuredLogLevel = pluginConfig.plugin?.log_level || PluginLogLevel.Log
 
-        const logLevel = pluginConfig.plugin?.log_level
-
-        if (!shouldStoreLog(logLevel || PluginLogLevel.Full, source, type)) {
+        if (!shouldStoreLog(configuredLogLevel, type)) {
             return
         }
 
diff --git a/plugin-server/src/utils/db/utils.ts b/plugin-server/src/utils/db/utils.ts
index a4f940defdefb..de37e8c3f5f67 100644
--- a/plugin-server/src/utils/db/utils.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/src/utils/db/utils.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@ import { Counter } from 'prom-client'
 
 import { defaultConfig } from '../../config/config'
 import { KAFKA_PERSON } from '../../config/kafka-topics'
-import { BasePerson, Person, RawPerson, TimestampFormat } from '../../types'
+import { BasePerson, Person, PluginLogEntryType, PluginLogLevel, RawPerson, TimestampFormat } from '../../types'
 import { status } from '../../utils/status'
 import { castTimestampOrNow } from '../../utils/utils'
-import { PluginLogEntrySource, PluginLogEntryType, PluginLogLevel } from './../../types'
 
 export function unparsePersonPartial(person: Partial<Person>): Partial<RawPerson> {
     return { ...(person as BasePerson), ...(person.created_at ? { created_at: person.created_at.toISO() } : {}) }
@@ -127,24 +126,19 @@ export function getFinalPostgresQuery(queryString: string, values: any[]): strin
     return queryString.replace(/\$([0-9]+)/g, (m, v) => JSON.stringify(values[parseInt(v) - 1]))
 }
 
-export function shouldStoreLog(
-    pluginLogLevel: PluginLogLevel,
-    source: PluginLogEntrySource,
-    type: PluginLogEntryType
-): boolean {
-    if (source === PluginLogEntrySource.System) {
-        return true
+export function shouldStoreLog(pluginLogLevel: PluginLogLevel, type: PluginLogEntryType): boolean {
+    switch (pluginLogLevel) {
+        case PluginLogLevel.Full:
+            return true
+        case PluginLogLevel.Log:
+            return type !== PluginLogEntryType.Debug
+        case PluginLogLevel.Info:
+            return type !== PluginLogEntryType.Log && type !== PluginLogEntryType.Debug
+        case PluginLogLevel.Warn:
+            return type === PluginLogEntryType.Warn || type === PluginLogEntryType.Error
+        case PluginLogLevel.Critical:
+            return type === PluginLogEntryType.Error
     }
-
-    if (pluginLogLevel === PluginLogLevel.Critical) {
-        return type === PluginLogEntryType.Error
-    } else if (pluginLogLevel === PluginLogLevel.Warn) {
-        return type !== PluginLogEntryType.Log && type !== PluginLogEntryType.Info
-    } else if (pluginLogLevel === PluginLogLevel.Debug) {
-        return type !== PluginLogEntryType.Log
-    }
-
-    return true
 }
 
 // keep in sync with posthog/posthog/api/utils.py::safe_clickhouse_string