diff --git a/ansible/roles/faucet/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/faucet/defaults/main.yml
index 49419fe..9046e8f 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/faucet/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/faucet/defaults/main.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ faucet_geth_rpc_port: 8545
 faucet_geth_rcp_api: 'eth,net,web3,admin,personal,shh'
 faucet_geth_alias: 'geth'
 faucet_geth_bootnodes: []
+# 0=silent, 1=error, 2=warn, 3=info, 4=debug, 5=detail
+faucet_geth_log_level: 3
 
 # generic container settings
 cont_state: started
diff --git a/ansible/roles/faucet/tasks/geth.yml b/ansible/roles/faucet/tasks/geth.yml
index 54c788b..6857dcf 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/faucet/tasks/geth.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/faucet/tasks/geth.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
       {% elif faucet_network == "ropsten" %}
       --testnet
       {% endif %}
+      --verbosity={{ faucet_geth_log_level }} 
       --port={{ faucet_geth_main_port }}
       --unlock={{ faucet_account_addr }}
       --datadir=/data