diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b567059f8..dee8559fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ jobs:
 
           export MAKEFLAGS="-j1"
           export NIMFLAGS="--colors:off -d:chronicles_colors:none"
+          export USE_LIBBACKTRACE=0
 
           make V=1 LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG QUICK_AND_DIRTY_COMPILER=1 POSTGRES=$postgres_enabled test testwakunode2
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1d8531a05..75e26bde8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 BUILD_SYSTEM_DIR := vendor/nimbus-build-system
 EXCLUDED_NIM_PACKAGES := vendor/nim-dnsdisc/vendor
 LINK_PCRE := 0
-LOG_LEVEL := TRACE
 FORMAT_MSG := "\\x1B[95mFormatting:\\x1B[39m"
 # we don't want an error here, so we can handle things later, in the ".DEFAULT" target
 -include $(BUILD_SYSTEM_DIR)/makefiles/variables.mk
diff --git a/waku.nimble b/waku.nimble
index ac4f7728c..87a432e0c 100644
--- a/waku.nimble
+++ b/waku.nimble
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ task testcommon, "Build & run common tests":
 ### Waku tasks
 task wakunode2, "Build Waku v2 cli node":
   let name = "wakunode2"
-  buildBinary name, "apps/wakunode2/"
+  buildBinary name, "apps/wakunode2/", " -d:chronicles_log_level='TRACE' "
 
 task benchmarks, "Some benchmarks":
   let name = "benchmarks"