diff --git a/my_ocrd_workflow b/my_ocrd_workflow
index d6f7103..27ca70b 100755
--- a/my_ocrd_workflow
+++ b/my_ocrd_workflow
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-LOG_LEVEL='DEBUG'
-
+LOG_LEVEL=${LOG_LEVEL:-DEBUG}
 
 set -e  # Abort on error
 if [ "$LOG_LEVEL" = "DEBUG" -o "$LOG_LEVEL" = "TRACE" ]; then
diff --git a/run b/run
index 2864004..af68603 100755
--- a/run
+++ b/run
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # XXX Do not run privileged, use udica instead
-docker run --gpus all -it --rm --mount type=bind,src="$(pwd)",target=/data --privileged=true my_ocrd_workflow
+docker run --gpus all -it --rm --mount type=bind,src="$(pwd)",target=/data --privileged=true -e LOG_LEVEL=$LOG_LEVEL my_ocrd_workflow