diff --git a/logger.go b/logger.go
index 8c60bc4..6574b04 100644
--- a/logger.go
+++ b/logger.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func initLogger() {
 
 	log = logrus.New()
 	log.SetOutput(os.Stdout)
-	log.SetLevel(logrus.InfoLevel)
+	log.SetLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
 	log.SetFormatter(&logrus.TextFormatter{
 		FullTimestamp:   true,
 		TimestampFormat: "2006-01-02 15:04:05",
diff --git a/workers.go b/workers.go
index 5ea4086..6cedbd9 100644
--- a/workers.go
+++ b/workers.go
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func audioToAudio(transID uint, kbps uint, srcFilepath string) {
 }
 
 func transcodePending() {
-	log.Debugln("transcodePending...")
+	log.Traceln("transcodePending...")
 
 	// any running jobs here got stuck or dead in the midde, so reset them
 	db.Model(&Transcode{}).Where("status = ?", "running").Update("status", "pending")
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ func transcodePending() {
 				"ELSE 1 END").First(&trans).Error
 		// err := db.First(&trans, "status = ?", "pending").Error
 		if err == gorm.ErrRecordNotFound {
-			log.Debugln("no pending transcode jobs")
+			log.Traceln("no pending transcode jobs")
 			break // no more pending jobs
 		}