diff --git a/src/libslic3r/AppConfig.cpp b/src/libslic3r/AppConfig.cpp
index 67fc3e81d9..a9f7d7c8e7 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/AppConfig.cpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/AppConfig.cpp
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ void AppConfig::set_defaults()
         set_bool("enable_ssl_for_ftp", true);
 
     if (get("severity_level").empty())
-        set("severity_level", "info");
+        set("severity_level", "2");
 
     if (get("internal_developer_mode").empty())
         set_bool("internal_developer_mode", false);
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/utils.cpp b/src/libslic3r/utils.cpp
index 120a6f9ffc..3a620a9e73 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/utils.cpp
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ boost::shared_ptr<boost::log::sinks::synchronous_sink<boost::log::sinks::text_fi
 // to perform unit and integration tests.
 static struct RunOnInit {
     RunOnInit() {
-        set_logging_level(1);
+        set_logging_level(2);
 
     }
 } g_RunOnInit;
@@ -345,10 +345,11 @@ void set_log_path_and_level(const std::string& file, unsigned int level)
 		keywords::format =
 		(
 			expr::stream
+			<< "[" << expr::attr< logging::trivial::severity_level >("Severity") << "]\t"
 			<< expr::format_date_time< boost::posix_time::ptime >("TimeStamp", "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f")
 			<<"[Thread " << expr::attr<attrs::current_thread_id::value_type>("ThreadID") << "]"
 			<< ":" << expr::smessage
-			)
+		)
 	);
 
 	logging::add_common_attributes();
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp
index 0d25babe12..41fa9ea435 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp
@@ -2169,6 +2169,8 @@ void GUI_App::init_app_config()
         }
 #endif // _WIN32
     }
+    set_logging_level(Slic3r::level_string_to_boost(app_config->get("severity_level")));
+
 }
 
 // returns true if found newer version and user agreed to use it