diff --git a/server/mqtt/MQTTControl.py b/server/mqtt/MQTTControl.py
index 8d74268..4c1e86a 100644
--- a/server/mqtt/MQTTControl.py
+++ b/server/mqtt/MQTTControl.py
@@ -136,8 +136,6 @@ def set_strip_brightness(brightness: int):
 def run(config) -> None:
     global conf, show_process, strip
 
-    log.getLogger().setLevel(log.DEBUG)
-
     # store config
     conf = config
 
diff --git a/server/server.py b/server/server.py
index c337e39..7e38746 100644
--- a/server/server.py
+++ b/server/server.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import mqtt.MQTTControl
 import config
+import logging as log
 
-user_config = config.configuration
+# set your log level here
+log.getLogger().setLevel(log.DEBUG)
 
+user_config = config.configuration
 mqtt.MQTTControl.run(user_config)