diff --git a/beat/web/settings/settings.py b/beat/web/settings/settings.py
index 0c60eba0c654eaa8f234e203ccfa91a36d75a7aa..71bd96920153dc06ce3505393c89f997bf087283 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',
             },
@@ -93,13 +93,9 @@ LOGGING = {
             }
         },
     'loggers': {
-        'beat.web': {
+        'beat': {
             'handlers': ['console', 'mail_admins'],
             },
-        'beat.core': {
-            'handlers': ['discard'],
-            'propagate': False, #don't e-mail those!
-            },
         'beat.web.attestations.management.commands': {
             'handlers': ['console'],
             'propagate': False, #don't e-mail those!
diff --git a/beat/web/settings/test.py b/beat/web/settings/test.py
index 253fc5a1d9b3adde457c441b58b815fb866a39b5..dfa09553258693deafb6ab2976fc56353f3a7093 100644
--- a/beat/web/settings/test.py
+++ b/beat/web/settings/test.py
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ elif 'beat.cmdline' in sys.argv:
     # make it in-memory
     DATABASES['default']['NAME'] = ':memory:'
 
-PREFIX           = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'test_prefix')
+LOGGING['handlers']['console']['level'] = 'DEBUG'
+
+import tempfile
+PREFIX = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='beat_')
 ALGORITHMS_ROOT  = os.path.join(PREFIX, 'algorithms')
 LIBRARIES_ROOT   = os.path.join(PREFIX, 'libraries')
 DATABASES_ROOT   = os.path.join(PREFIX, 'databases')