diff --git a/scrapyrt/conf/default_settings.py b/scrapyrt/conf/default_settings.py
index c806ae2..67cbcd7 100644
--- a/scrapyrt/conf/default_settings.py
+++ b/scrapyrt/conf/default_settings.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Default scrapyrt settings."""
+import logging
 
 # Project settings module - found at server initialization
+
 PROJECT_SETTINGS = None
 
 # Path to server log file
@@ -12,6 +14,8 @@
 
 LOG_ENCODING = 'utf-8'
 
+LOG_LEVEL = logging.DEBUG
+
 # Root server resource, should inherit from scrapyrt.resources.RealtimeAPI
 SERVICE_ROOT = 'scrapyrt.resources.RealtimeApi'
 
diff --git a/scrapyrt/core.py b/scrapyrt/core.py
index 1688175..855280a 100644
--- a/scrapyrt/core.py
+++ b/scrapyrt/core.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import logging
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from copy import deepcopy
 import datetime
@@ -272,10 +273,11 @@ def create_spider_request(self, kwargs):
             # It is needed because in POST handler we can pass
             # all possible requests kwargs, so it is easy to make mistakes.
             message = "Error while creating Request, {}".format(e.message)
+            log.msg(message, level=logging.WARNING)
             raise Error('400', message=message)
 
         req.dont_filter = True
         msg = u"Created request for spider {} with url {} and kwargs {}"
         msg = msg.format(self.spider_name, url, repr(kwargs))
-        log.msg(msg)
+        log.msg(msg, level=logging.DEBUG)
         return req
diff --git a/scrapyrt/log.py b/scrapyrt/log.py
index 0dce42b..c21706f 100644
--- a/scrapyrt/log.py
+++ b/scrapyrt/log.py
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@
 
 
 def msg(message=None, **kwargs):
-    kwargs['logLevel'] = kwargs.pop('level', INFO)
+    loglevel = kwargs.get('level', INFO)
+    configured_log_level = scrapyrt_settings.LOG_LEVEL
+    if loglevel < configured_log_level:
+        return
     kwargs.setdefault('system', 'scrapyrt')
     if message is None:
         log.msg(**kwargs)