diff --git a/src/context.rs b/src/context.rs
index 46c8c7766..de3427bfc 100644
--- a/src/context.rs
+++ b/src/context.rs
@@ -341,7 +341,11 @@ impl Context {
         // set the RUST_LOG env var to one of {debug,info,warn} to see logging info
         tracing_subscriber::registry()
             .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer().with_writer(std::io::stderr))
-            .with(EnvFilter::from_default_env())
+            .with(
+                EnvFilter::builder()
+                    .with_default_directive(tracing_subscriber::filter::LevelFilter::DEBUG.into())
+                    .from_env_lossy(),
+            )
             .try_init()
             .ok();