diff --git a/ocrd_utils/ocrd_utils/logging.py b/ocrd_utils/ocrd_utils/logging.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/ocrd_utils/ocrd_utils/logging.py
+++ b/ocrd_utils/ocrd_utils/logging.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ def initLogging():
         level=logging.INFO,
         format='%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(levelname)s %(name)s - %(message)s',
         datefmt='%H:%M:%S')
+    logging.getLogger('').setLevel(logging.INFO)
     #  logging.getLogger('ocrd.resolver').setLevel(logging.INFO)
     #  logging.getLogger('ocrd.resolver.download_to_directory').setLevel(logging.INFO)
     #  logging.getLogger('ocrd.resolver.add_files_to_mets').setLevel(logging.INFO)
[app][fix] return explict rootLogger level set