diff --git a/ansible/roles/faucet/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/faucet/defaults/main.yml
index a1cc9d1..0f65368 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/faucet/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/faucet/defaults/main.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ 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: 4
+faucet_geth_log_level: 3
 
 # generic container settings
 cont_state: started