diff --git a/src/run.py b/src/run.py
index c823d84..64c677a 100644
--- a/src/run.py
+++ b/src/run.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 # before running the notebook, we overwrite the papermill logger with the json2args logger
 pm_logger = logging.getLogger('papermill')
-pm_logger.setLevel(getattr(logging, os.environ.get('LOG_LEVEL', 'DEBUG')))
+pm_logger.setLevel(getattr(logging, os.environ.get('LOG_LEVEL', 'INFO')))
 pm_logger.handlers = logger.handlers
 
 # run the notebook.