diff --git a/beat/web/settings/settings.py b/beat/web/settings/settings.py
index 2583579d640a60d0cce4edaf46a984796d090594..b72a6a1d7ae7e86cbbf73a1323d1d1b17d4ca10e 100644
--- a/beat/web/settings/settings.py
+++ b/beat/web/settings/settings.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ LOGGING = {
             'class': 'logging.NullHandler',
             },
         'console': {
-            'level': 'DEBUG',
+            'level': 'INFO',
             'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
             'formatter': 'simple',
             },
@@ -93,12 +93,16 @@ LOGGING = {
             }
         },
     'loggers': {
-        'beat.web': {
-            'handlers': ['console', 'mail_admins'],
+        '': {
+            'handlers': ['discard'],
+            'level': 'DEBUG',
             },
         'beat.core': {
             'handlers': ['console'],
             },
+        'beat.web': {
+            'handlers': ['console', 'mail_admins'],
+            },
         'beat.web.attestations.management.commands': {
             'handlers': ['console'],
             'propagate': False, #don't e-mail those!