diff --git a/infrastructure/environments/staging.tfvars b/infrastructure/environments/staging.tfvars
index ff9a50f43..2807e6d70 100644
--- a/infrastructure/environments/staging.tfvars
+++ b/infrastructure/environments/staging.tfvars
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ django_debug = "True"
 pg_bouncer_instance_type = "t2.small"
 api_instance_type = "t2.small"
 dockerhub_repo = "ccdlstaging"
-log_level = "INFO"
+log_level = "DEBUG"
 environment = "staging"
 smasher_instance_type = "m5.2xlarge"
 smasher_volume_size_in_gb = "50"