diff --git a/dallinger/command_line.py b/dallinger/command_line.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100755
--- a/dallinger/command_line.py
+++ b/dallinger/command_line.py
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ def debug(verbose):
         logfile = os.path.join(cwd, logfile)
     config.extend({
         "mode": u"debug",
+        "loglevel": 0,
         "logfile": logfile
     })
     config.write_config()
Set the loglevel to 0 in debug mode

Closes #<I>.