diff --git a/shanty-config/src/lib.rs b/shanty-config/src/lib.rs
index fff61ee..f42d98c 100644
--- a/shanty-config/src/lib.rs
+++ b/shanty-config/src/lib.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ pub struct AppConfig {
 
     #[serde(default)]
     pub musicbrainz: MusicBrainzConfig,
+
+    /// Log level: "error", "warn", "info", "debug", "trace". Default: "info".
+    #[serde(default = "default_log_level")]
+    pub log_level: String,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -219,6 +223,7 @@ impl Default for AppConfig {
             scheduling: SchedulingConfig::default(),
             subsonic: SubsonicConfig::default(),
             musicbrainz: MusicBrainzConfig::default(),
+            log_level: default_log_level(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -279,6 +284,10 @@ impl Default for MetadataConfig {
     }
 }
 
+fn default_log_level() -> String {
+    "info".to_string()
+}
+
 fn default_library_path() -> PathBuf {
     dirs::audio_dir().unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from("~/Music"))
 }
diff --git a/shanty-web b/shanty-web
index 3dba620..44c96d1 160000
--- a/shanty-web
+++ b/shanty-web
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3dba620c9b76f2881f3d90c7dd0cdee0626bc1da
+Subproject commit 44c96d125ae9ff5a919010ec807ec6ae584aeede
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0125d7f..06f33f2 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -56,18 +56,30 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     let cli = Cli::parse();
 
+    // Load config early so we can use log_level from it
+    let mut config = AppConfig::load(cli.config.as_deref());
+
+    // CLI -v flags override config log_level
     let filter = match cli.verbose {
-        0 => "info,shanty=info,shanty_web=info",
-        1 => "info,shanty=debug,shanty_web=debug",
-        _ => "debug,shanty=trace,shanty_web=trace",
+        0 => {
+            // Use config log_level
+            let level = config.log_level.to_lowercase();
+            match level.as_str() {
+                "error" => "error".to_string(),
+                "warn" => "warn".to_string(),
+                "debug" => "debug,shanty=debug,shanty_web=debug".to_string(),
+                "trace" => "trace,shanty=trace,shanty_web=trace".to_string(),
+                _ => "info,shanty=info,shanty_web=info".to_string(),
+            }
+        }
+        1 => "info,shanty=debug,shanty_web=debug".to_string(),
+        _ => "debug,shanty=trace,shanty_web=trace".to_string(),
     };
     tracing_subscriber::fmt()
         .with_env_filter(
-            EnvFilter::try_from_default_env().unwrap_or_else(|_| EnvFilter::new(filter)),
+            EnvFilter::try_from_default_env().unwrap_or_else(|_| EnvFilter::new(&filter)),
         )
         .init();
-
-    let mut config = AppConfig::load(cli.config.as_deref());
     if let Some(port) = cli.port {
         config.web.port = port;
     }