diff --git a/thorlcr/master/thgraphmanager.cpp b/thorlcr/master/thgraphmanager.cpp
index 08d59205dc0..f41ea24278d 100644
--- a/thorlcr/master/thgraphmanager.cpp
+++ b/thorlcr/master/thgraphmanager.cpp
@@ -852,7 +852,8 @@ void CJobManager::run()
                 addTimeStamp(w, wfid, graphName, StWhenDequeued);
             }
 
-            unsigned maxLogDetail = workunit->getDebugValueInt("maxlogdetail", DefaultDetail); 
+            unsigned defaultConfigLogLevel = getComponentConfigSP()->getPropInt("logging/@detail", DefaultDetail);
+            unsigned maxLogDetail = workunit->getDebugValueInt("maxlogdetail", defaultConfigLogLevel);
             ILogMsgFilter *existingLogHandler = queryLogMsgManager()->queryMonitorFilter(logHandler);
             dbgassertex(existingLogHandler);
             verifyex(queryLogMsgManager()->changeMonitorFilterOwn(logHandler, getCategoryLogMsgFilter(existingLogHandler->queryAudienceMask(), existingLogHandler->queryClassMask(), maxLogDetail)));
diff --git a/thorlcr/slave/slavmain.cpp b/thorlcr/slave/slavmain.cpp
index 7ba4bf21838..928ad5e1a86 100644
--- a/thorlcr/slave/slavmain.cpp
+++ b/thorlcr/slave/slavmain.cpp
@@ -1880,7 +1880,8 @@ class CJobListener : public CSimpleInterface
                         StringBuffer user;
                         workUnitInfo->getProp("user", user);
 
-                        unsigned maxLogDetail = workUnitInfo->getPropInt("Debug/maxlogdetail", DefaultDetail);
+                        unsigned defaultConfigLogLevel = getComponentConfigSP()->getPropInt("logging/@detail", DefaultDetail);
+                        unsigned maxLogDetail = workUnitInfo->getPropInt("Debug/maxlogdetail", defaultConfigLogLevel);
                         ILogMsgFilter *existingLogHandler = queryLogMsgManager()->queryMonitorFilter(logHandler);
                         dbgassertex(existingLogHandler);
                         verifyex(queryLogMsgManager()->changeMonitorFilterOwn(logHandler, getCategoryLogMsgFilter(existingLogHandler->queryAudienceMask(), existingLogHandler->queryClassMask(), maxLogDetail)));