diff --git a/conf/autoload_configs/console.conf.xml b/conf/autoload_configs/console.conf.xml
index c2d0279ffd..2d9e3e8de5 100644
--- a/conf/autoload_configs/console.conf.xml
+++ b/conf/autoload_configs/console.conf.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,6 @@
   <settings>
     <!-- comment or set to false for no color logging -->
     <param name="colorize" value="true"/>
-    <param name="loglevel" value="info"/>
+    <param name="loglevel" value="$${console_loglevel}"/>
   </settings>
 </configuration>
diff --git a/conf/vars.xml b/conf/vars.xml
index c893357333..4b3106ae8e 100644
--- a/conf/vars.xml
+++ b/conf/vars.xml
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
   <X-PRE-PROCESS cmd="set" data="outbound_caller_name=FreeSWITCH"/>
   <X-PRE-PROCESS cmd="set" data="outbound_caller_id=0000000000"/>
   <X-PRE-PROCESS cmd="set" data="call_debug=false"/>
+  <X-PRE-PROCESS cmd="set" data="console_loglevel=info"/>
 
   <X-PRE-PROCESS cmd="set" data="uk-ring=%(400,200,400,450);%(400,2200,400,450)"/>
   <X-PRE-PROCESS cmd="set" data="us-ring=%(2000, 4000, 440.0, 480.0)"/>