diff --git a/config.yml.example b/config.yml.example
index b012f92..4cb1875 100644
--- a/config.yml.example
+++ b/config.yml.example
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+loglevel: "INFO" # optional
 stacks:
   - dir: /path/to/first-repo
   - dir: /path/to/second-repo
diff --git a/dc-ops b/dc-ops
index 4c257eb..a130061 100755
--- a/dc-ops
+++ b/dc-ops
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ with configfile.open("r") as f:
     cfg = yaml.safe_load(f.read())
 
 # init logging
-log.basicConfig(format="%(message)s", level=log.INFO)
+loglevel = cfg.get("loglevel", "INFO").upper()
+log.basicConfig(format="%(message)s", level=loglevel)
 
 # iterate all stacks
 for stack in cfg["stacks"]: