diff --git a/server/Logger.js b/server/Logger.js
index b49531893..0c498ec1f 100644
--- a/server/Logger.js
+++ b/server/Logger.js
@@ -5,7 +5,16 @@ class Logger {
   constructor() {
     this.isDev = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production'
     this.logLevel = !this.isDev ? LogLevel.INFO : LogLevel.TRACE
-    this.hideDevLogs = process.env.HIDE_DEV_LOGS === undefined ? !this.isDev : process.env.HIDE_DEV_LOGS === '1'
+
+    // Allow the user to override the log level if desired
+    if (process.env.LOG_LEVEL) {
+      this.logLevel = parseInt(LogLevel.strToLevel(process.env.LOG_LEVEL))
+    } else {
+      this.hideDevLogs = process.env.HIDE_DEV_LOGS === undefined
+        ? !this.isDev
+        : process.env.HIDE_DEV_LOGS === '1'
+    }
+
     this.socketListeners = []
 
     this.logManager = null
@@ -137,4 +146,4 @@ class Logger {
     this.handleLog(LogLevel.NOTE, args)
   }
 }
-module.exports = new Logger()
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+module.exports = new Logger()
diff --git a/server/utils/constants.js b/server/utils/constants.js
index 7a21d2ddc..193172f6e 100644
--- a/server/utils/constants.js
+++ b/server/utils/constants.js
@@ -23,7 +23,28 @@ module.exports.LogLevel = {
   WARN: 3,
   ERROR: 4,
   FATAL: 5,
-  NOTE: 6
+  NOTE: 6,
+
+  strToLevel(str) {
+    switch (str.toUpperCase()) {
+      case 'TRACE':
+        return this.TRACE
+      case 'DEBUG':
+        return this.DEBUG
+      case 'INFO':
+        return this.INFO
+      case 'WARN':
+        return this.WARN
+      case 'ERROR':
+        return this.ERROR
+      case 'FATAL':
+        return this.FATAL
+      case 'NOTE':
+        return this.NOTE
+      default:
+        return this.INFO
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports.PlayMethod = {
@@ -54,4 +75,4 @@ module.exports.AudioMimeType = {
 
 module.exports.VideoMimeType = {
   MP4: 'video/mp4'
-}
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+}