diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index c5bf2c235e33ce618d87a14af8b81ed7b6378d65..78a27e3c711dc75ff2b1686b1c37878f207b9f16 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -264,12 +264,12 @@ if get_from_env('EMAIL_USE_AWS', '0') == '1':
 
 # set up logging
 import logging
+
 logging.basicConfig(
-    level = logging.DEBUG,
-    format = '%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s'
+    level=logging.DEBUG if TESTING else logging.INFO,
+    format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s'
 )
 
-
 # set up celery
 CELERY_BROKER_URL = get_from_env('CELERY_BROKER_URL', 'amqp://localhost')
 if TESTING: