diff --git a/lua/gp/config.lua b/lua/gp/config.lua
index c80c3c56..1fc7c979 100644
--- a/lua/gp/config.lua
+++ b/lua/gp/config.lua
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ local config = {
 	-- write sensitive data to log file for	debugging purposes (like api keys)
 	log_sensitive = false,
 
+	log_level = vim.log.levels.DEBUG,
+
 	-- directory for persisting state dynamically changed by user (like model or persona)
 	state_dir = vim.fn.stdpath("data"):gsub("/$", "") .. "/gp/persisted",
 
diff --git a/lua/gp/init.lua b/lua/gp/init.lua
index 128914cb..fbd493cc 100644
--- a/lua/gp/init.lua
+++ b/lua/gp/init.lua
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ M.setup = function(opts)
 	local state_dir = opts.state_dir or M.config.state_dir
 	local openai_api_key = opts.openai_api_key or M.config.openai_api_key
 
-	M.logger.setup(opts.log_file or M.config.log_file, opts.log_sensitive)
+	local log_level = opts.log_level == nil and M.config.log_level or opts.log_level
+	M.logger.setup(opts.log_file or M.config.log_file, opts.log_sensitive, log_level)
 
 	M.vault.setup({ state_dir = state_dir, curl_params = curl_params })
 
diff --git a/lua/gp/logger.lua b/lua/gp/logger.lua
index 82509411..6015da39 100644
--- a/lua/gp/logger.lua
+++ b/lua/gp/logger.lua
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ local uv = vim.uv or vim.loop
 local M = {}
 
 local file = "/dev/null"
+local log_level = vim.log.levels.DEBUG
 local uuid = ""
 local store_sensitive = false
 
@@ -25,9 +26,11 @@ end
 
 ---@param path string # path to log file
 ---@param sensitive boolean | nil # whether to store sensitive data in logs
-M.setup = function(path, sensitive)
+---@param level number
+M.setup = function(path, sensitive, level)
 	store_sensitive = sensitive or false
 	uuid = string.format("%x", math.random(0, 0xFFFF)) .. string.format("%x", os.time() % 0xFFFF)
+	log_level = level
 	M.debug("New neovim instance [" .. uuid .. "] started, setting log file to " .. path)
 	local dir = vim.fn.fnamemodify(path, ":h")
 	if vim.fn.isdirectory(dir) == 0 then
@@ -70,6 +73,10 @@ end
 ---@param slevel string # log level as string
 ---@param sensitive boolean | nil # sensitive log
 local log = function(msg, level, slevel, sensitive)
+	if level <= log_level then
+		return
+	end
+
 	local raw = msg
 	if sensitive then
 		if not store_sensitive then
@@ -92,10 +99,6 @@ local log = function(msg, level, slevel, sensitive)
 		log_file:close()
 	end
 
-	if level <= vim.log.levels.DEBUG then
-		return
-	end
-
 	vim.schedule(function()
 		vim.notify("Gp.nvim: " .. msg, level, { title = "Gp.nvim" })
 	end)