diff --git a/frontends/ycdl_flask/ycdl_flask_dev.py b/frontends/ycdl_flask/ycdl_flask_dev.py
index f9616b1..c6e99a5 100644
--- a/frontends/ycdl_flask/ycdl_flask_dev.py
+++ b/frontends/ycdl_flask/ycdl_flask_dev.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ handler = logging.StreamHandler()
 log_format = '{levelname}:ycdl.{module}.{funcName}: {message}'
 handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(log_format, style='{'))
 logging.getLogger().addHandler(handler)
-logging.getLogger('ycdl').setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 
 import argparse
 import gevent.pywsgi
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ def ycdl_flask_launch(
         site.localhost_only = True
 
     youtube_core = ycdl.ytapi.Youtube(bot.get_youtube_key())
-    backend.common.init_ycdldb(youtube_core, create=create)
+    backend.common.init_ycdldb(youtube_core, create=create, log_level=logging.DEBUG)
 
     if refresh_rate is not None:
         backend.common.start_refresher_thread(refresh_rate)
diff --git a/ycdl/ycdldb.py b/ycdl/ycdldb.py
index 3f88aa3..3043684 100644
--- a/ycdl/ycdldb.py
+++ b/ycdl/ycdldb.py
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@ class YCDLDB(
             youtube,
             create=True,
             data_directory=None,
+            log_level=vlogging.NOTSET,
             skip_version_check=False,
         ):
         super().__init__()
@@ -476,6 +477,7 @@ class YCDLDB(
 
         # LOGGING
         self.log = vlogging.getLogger('ycdl:%s' % self.data_directory.absolute_path)
+        self.log.setLevel(log_level)
 
         # DATABASE
         self.database_filepath = self.data_directory.with_child(constants.DEFAULT_DBNAME)