diff --git a/lbrynet/__init__.py b/lbrynet/__init__.py
index 6b754d3a2..9a7032852 100644
--- a/lbrynet/__init__.py
+++ b/lbrynet/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,2 @@
-import logging
-
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-logging.getLogger(__name__).addHandler(logging.NullHandler())
-log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-
 __version__ = "0.3.17"
 version = tuple(__version__.split('.'))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lbrynet/core/log_support.py b/lbrynet/core/log_support.py
index 50fb35e83..e203c9c2a 100644
--- a/lbrynet/core/log_support.py
+++ b/lbrynet/core/log_support.py
@@ -55,18 +55,28 @@ def _log_decorator(fn):
     def helper(*args, **kwargs):
         log = kwargs.pop('log', logging.getLogger())
         level = kwargs.pop('level', logging.INFO)
+        if not isinstance(level, int):
+            # despite the name, getLevelName returns
+            # the numeric level when passed a text level
+            level = logging.getLevelName(level)
         handler = fn(*args, **kwargs)
         if handler.name:
             remove_handlers(log, handler.name)
+        handler.setLevel(level)
         log.addHandler(handler)
-        log.setLevel(level)
+        if log.level > level:
+            log.setLevel(level)
     return helper
 
 
-def disable_noisy_loggers():
+def disable_third_party_loggers():
     logging.getLogger('requests').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 
 
+def disable_noisy_loggers():
+    logging.getLogger('lbrynet.dht').setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+
 @_log_decorator
 def configure_console(**kwargs):
     """Convenience function to configure a logger that outputs to stdout"""
diff --git a/lbrynet/dht/node.py b/lbrynet/dht/node.py
index 8d61d74e2..053f46f27 100644
--- a/lbrynet/dht/node.py
+++ b/lbrynet/dht/node.py
@@ -240,9 +240,9 @@ class Node(object):
         known_nodes = {}
 
         def log_error(err, n):
-            log.error("error storing blob_hash %s at %s", binascii.hexlify(blob_hash), str(n))
-            log.error(err.getErrorMessage())
-            log.error(err.getTraceback())
+            log.debug("error storing blob_hash %s at %s", binascii.hexlify(blob_hash), str(n))
+            log.debug(err.getErrorMessage())
+            log.debug(err.getTraceback())
 
         def log_success(res):
             log.debug("Response to store request: %s", str(res))
diff --git a/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYDaemonControl.py b/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYDaemonControl.py
index 157087f0b..ce4b0f54a 100644
--- a/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYDaemonControl.py
+++ b/lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/LBRYDaemonControl.py
@@ -73,11 +73,12 @@ def start():
     parser.set_defaults(branch=False, launchui=True, logtoconsole=False, quiet=False)
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    log_support.disable_noisy_loggers()
     log_support.configure_file_handler(lbrynet_log)
     log_support.configure_loggly_handler()
     if args.logtoconsole:
-        log_support.configure_console()
+        log_support.configure_console(level='DEBUG')
+    log_support.disable_third_party_loggers()
+    log_support.disable_noisy_loggers()
 
     try:
         JSONRPCProxy.from_url(API_CONNECTION_STRING).is_running()