diff --git a/CONFIGURATION.md b/CONFIGURATION.md
index 55342da1abeb24985b4a26355b81cb18be471761..147b4a055b9d68df38b77a681a3999d1969ea0fd 100644
--- a/CONFIGURATION.md
+++ b/CONFIGURATION.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Environment variables
 | NAMING_DATABASE_URL        | jdbc:postgresql://postgres:5432/discs_names | JDBC URL for the database connection                  |
 | NAMING_DATABASE_USERNAME   | discs_names                                 | user name for the database connection                 |
 | NAMING_DATABASE_PASSWORD   | discs_names                                 | password for the database connection                  |
+| NAMING_LOGGING_LEVEL       | INFO                                        | log level for application                             |
 | NAMING_MAIL_ADMINISTRATOR  |                                             | comma-separated list of administrator email addresses |
 | NAMING_MAIL_NOTIFICATION   | false                                       | true/false if mail notications are to be sent         |
 | NAMING_SMTP_HOST           | mail.esss.lu.se                             | DNS name of server that accepts connections for SMTP  |
diff --git a/docker-compose-integrationtest.yml b/docker-compose-integrationtest.yml
index dfc80170bc79c03d85657ca9cfdee4b348de553d..960db403a293ca56c976355952af97c91794ce11 100644
--- a/docker-compose-integrationtest.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-integrationtest.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "8080:8080"
     environment:
+      NAMING_LOGGING_LEVEL: DEBUG
       skipITCoverage: "true"
     depends_on:
       postgres: 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 7e8ed0c346bfca6186ce078cf2ceb92692128e79..d7935563dace42360d960c4b2a1274c191888506 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ naming.backend.swagger.url=${NAMING_BACKEND_SWAGGER_URL:http://localhost:8080/sw
 
 # logging
 naming.logging.stacktrace.length=10
-logging.level.org.openepics.names=INFO
+logging.level.org.openepics.names=${NAMING_LOGGING_LEVEL:INFO}
 logging.level.org.springframework.web=INFO
 spring.http.log-request-details=true
 
diff --git a/src/test/resources/application.properties b/src/test/resources/application.properties
index e2b0a0945983aa1ee37313b0bac935ed184adb7a..6cddcfd9191d9385ade47a48f6bc4c2a04ecac55 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/test/resources/application.properties
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ naming.backend.swagger.url=${NAMING_BACKEND_SWAGGER_URL:http://localhost:8080/sw
 
 # logging
 naming.logging.stacktrace.length=10
-logging.level.org.openepics.names=INFO
+logging.level.org.openepics.names=${NAMING_LOGGING_LEVEL:INFO}
 logging.level.org.springframework.web=INFO
 spring.http.log-request-details=true