diff --git a/pipewire-jack/src/pipewire-jack.c b/pipewire-jack/src/pipewire-jack.c
index ee3334749..f59453ca9 100644
--- a/pipewire-jack/src/pipewire-jack.c
+++ b/pipewire-jack/src/pipewire-jack.c
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ static void on_error(void *data, uint32_t id, int seq, int res, const char *mess
 {
 	struct client *client = data;
 
-	pw_log_debug(NAME" %p: error id:%u seq:%d res:%d (%s): %s", client,
+	pw_log_warn(NAME" %p: error id:%u seq:%d res:%d (%s): %s", client,
 			id, seq, res, spa_strerror(res), message);
 
 	if (id == PW_ID_CORE) {
diff --git a/src/daemon/client-rt.conf.in b/src/daemon/client-rt.conf.in
index 1c7d8f0de..9f730e539 100644
--- a/src/daemon/client-rt.conf.in
+++ b/src/daemon/client-rt.conf.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ context.properties = {
     #mem.warn-mlock  = false
     #mem.allow-mlock = true
     #mem.mlock-all   = false
-    #log.level       = 2
+    log.level        = 0
 }
 
 context.spa-libs = {
diff --git a/src/daemon/client.conf.in b/src/daemon/client.conf.in
index 2edd7a5b5..eea7a06a0 100644
--- a/src/daemon/client.conf.in
+++ b/src/daemon/client.conf.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ context.properties = {
     #mem.warn-mlock  = false
     #mem.allow-mlock = true
     #mem.mlock-all   = false
-    #log.level       = 2
+    log.level        = 0
 }
 
 context.spa-libs = {
diff --git a/src/daemon/jack.conf.in b/src/daemon/jack.conf.in
index 4a2008dc5..dec2d5c71 100644
--- a/src/daemon/jack.conf.in
+++ b/src/daemon/jack.conf.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ context.properties = {
     #mem.warn-mlock  = false
     #mem.allow-mlock = true
     #mem.mlock-all   = false
-    #log.level       = 2
+    log.level        = 0
 }
 
 context.spa-libs = {
diff --git a/src/daemon/media-session.d/media-session.conf b/src/daemon/media-session.d/media-session.conf
index cccac7ee9..6e1384f12 100644
--- a/src/daemon/media-session.d/media-session.conf
+++ b/src/daemon/media-session.d/media-session.conf
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ context.properties = {
     # modules.
     #mem.mlock-all = false
     #support.dbus  = true
+    #log.level     = 2
 }
 
 context.spa-libs = {
diff --git a/src/pipewire/context.c b/src/pipewire/context.c
index cd05bf7eb..459a0eb32 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/context.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/context.c
@@ -239,6 +239,10 @@ struct pw_context *pw_context_new(struct pw_loop *main_loop,
 	if ((str = pw_properties_get(conf, "context.properties")) != NULL)
 		pw_properties_update_string(properties, str, strlen(str));
 
+	if (getenv("PIPEWIRE_DEBUG") == NULL &&
+	    (str = pw_properties_get(properties, "log.level")) != NULL)
+		pw_log_set_level(atoi(str));
+
 	if ((str = pw_properties_get(properties, "mem.mlock-all")) != NULL &&
 	    pw_properties_parse_bool(str)) {
 		if (mlockall(MCL_CURRENT | MCL_FUTURE) < 0)