diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 58674b2..f3b3389 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ and this project adheres to
 - ✨(domains) allow creation of "pending" mailboxes
 - ✨(teams) allow team management for team admins/owners #509
 
+### Fixed
+
+-  🔊(backend) update logger config to info #542
+
 ## [1.5.0] - 2024-11-14
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/src/backend/people/settings.py b/src/backend/people/settings.py
index 6614af9..c73175a 100755
--- a/src/backend/people/settings.py
+++ b/src/backend/people/settings.py
@@ -584,23 +584,40 @@ class Development(Base):
 
     USE_SWAGGER = True
 
-    LOGGING = values.DictValue(
-        {
-            "version": 1,
-            "disable_existing_loggers": False,
-            "handlers": {
-                "console": {
-                    "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
-                },
+    LOGGING = {
+        "version": 1,
+        "disable_existing_loggers": False,
+        "formatters": {
+            "simple": {
+                "format": "{asctime} {name} {levelname} {message}",
+                "style": "{",
             },
-            "loggers": {
-                "core": {
-                    "handlers": ["console"],
-                    "level": "DEBUG",
-                },
+        },
+        "handlers": {
+            "console": {
+                "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
+                "formatter": "simple",
             },
-        }
-    )
+        },
+        # Override root logger to send it to console
+        "root": {
+            "handlers": ["console"],
+            "level": values.Value(
+                "INFO", environ_name="LOGGING_LEVEL_LOGGERS_ROOT", environ_prefix=None
+            ),
+        },
+        "loggers": {
+            "core": {
+                "handlers": ["console"],
+                "level": values.Value(
+                    "INFO",
+                    environ_name="LOGGING_LEVEL_LOGGERS_APP",
+                    environ_prefix=None,
+                ),
+                "propagate": False,
+            },
+        },
+    }
 
     # this is a dev credentials for mail provisioning API
     MAIL_PROVISIONING_API_CREDENTIALS = "bGFfcmVnaWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ="