diff --git a/default.toml b/default.toml
index cf3a0bd..6fd8cc6 100644
--- a/default.toml
+++ b/default.toml
@@ -67,3 +67,8 @@ subst_youtube = []
 # e.g. subst_reddit = ["teddit.net", ]
 # Default is []
 subst_reddit = []
+
+# Verbosity of log messages
+# One of DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL
+# Default is "WARNING"
+log_level = "WARNING"
diff --git a/twoot.py b/twoot.py
index 6abb955..2ff0366 100755
--- a/twoot.py
+++ b/twoot.py
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ from mastodon import Mastodon, MastodonError, MastodonAPIError, MastodonIllegalA
 # Number of records to keep in db table for each twitter account
 MAX_REC_COUNT = 50
 
-# Set the desired verbosity of logging
-# One of logging.DEBUG, logging.INFO, logging.WARNING, logging.ERROR, logging.CRITICAL
-LOGGING_LEVEL = logging.INFO
-
 # How many seconds to wait before giving up on a download (except video download)
 HTTPS_REQ_TIMEOUT = 10
 
@@ -94,6 +90,7 @@ def build_config(args):
         'subst_twitter': [],
         'subst_youtube': [],
         'subst_reddit': [],
+        'log_level': "WARNING"
     }
 
     # Create default config object
@@ -585,11 +582,27 @@ def main(argv):
     # Setup logging to file
     logging.basicConfig(
         filename=TOML['config']['twitter_account'] + '.log',
-        level=LOGGING_LEVEL,
         format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)-8s %(message)s',
         datefmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S',
     )
 
+    # Set level of logging
+    log_level = logging.WARNING
+    match TOML['options']['log_level'].upper():
+        case 'DEBUG':
+            log_level = logging.DEBUG
+        case 'INFO':
+            log_level = logging.INFO
+        case 'WARN':
+            log_level = logging.WARNING
+        case 'ERROR':
+            log_level = logging.ERROR
+        case 'CRITICAL':
+            log_level = logging.CRITICAL
+        case _:
+            logging.error('Invalid log_level %s in config file. Using WARN.', str(TOML['options']['log_level']))
+    logging.setLevel(log_level)
+
     logging.info('Running with the following configuration:')
     logging.info('  Config File              : ' + str(args['f']))
     logging.info('  twitter_account          : ' + TOML['config']['twitter_account'])