diff --git a/my_ocrd_workflow b/my_ocrd_workflow
index d3164be..805b044 100755
--- a/my_ocrd_workflow
+++ b/my_ocrd_workflow
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -e  # Abort on error
 
 # Configuration
-export LOG_LEVEL=${LOG_LEVEL:-DEBUG}  # /etc/ocrd_logging.py uses this to set level for all OCR-D modules
+export LOG_LEVEL=${LOG_LEVEL:-INFO}  # /etc/ocrd_logging.py uses this to set level for all OCR-D modules
 export TEXTEQUIV_LEVEL=glyph
 
 # Command line parameters
diff --git a/run b/run
index 940de9b..01fd03c 100755
--- a/run
+++ b/run
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ set -e  # Abort on error
 
 DOCKER_IMAGE_PREFIX=${DOCKER_IMAGE_PREFIX:-my_ocrd_workflow}  # default to locally built
 DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=${DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG:-latest}
+LOG_LEVEL=${LOG_LEVEL:-INFO}
 
 self=`realpath $0`
 self_dir=`dirname "$self"`