diff --git a/cmd/ingest.go b/cmd/ingest.go
index 6dc95b4..7d53fc8 100644
--- a/cmd/ingest.go
+++ b/cmd/ingest.go
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ func (c *ingestCmd) Command() *cobra.Command {
 			FlagDefault: network.TestNetworkPassphrase,
 			Required:    true,
 		},
+		{
+			Name:           "log-level",
+			Usage:          `The log level used in this project. Options: "TRACE", "DEBUG", "INFO", "WARN", "ERROR", "FATAL", or "PANIC".`,
+			OptType:        types.String,
+			FlagDefault:    "TRACE",
+			ConfigKey:      &cfg.LogLevel,
+			CustomSetValue: utils.SetConfigOptionLogLevel,
+			Required:       false,
+		},
 		{
 			Name:           "captive-core-bin-path",
 			Usage:          "Path to Captive Core's binary file.",
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 3fc1ade..1e3967d 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/support/log"
 )
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ func Execute() {
 
 func init() {
 	log.DefaultLogger = log.New()
-	log.DefaultLogger.SetLevel(logrus.TraceLevel)
 
 	rootCmd.AddCommand((&serveCmd{}).Command())
 	rootCmd.AddCommand((&ingestCmd{}).Command())
diff --git a/cmd/utils/custom_set_value.go b/cmd/utils/custom_set_value.go
index 37a241f..c702dff 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/custom_set_value.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/custom_set_value.go
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/keypair"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/support/config"
+	"github.com/stellar/go/support/log"
 	"github.com/stellar/wallet-backend/internal/ingest"
 )
 
@@ -16,6 +18,30 @@ func unexpectedTypeError(key any, co *config.ConfigOption) error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("the expected type for the config key in %s is %T, but a %T was provided instead", co.Name, key, co.ConfigKey)
 }
 
+func SetConfigOptionLogLevel(co *config.ConfigOption) error {
+	logLevelStr := viper.GetString(co.Name)
+	logLevel, err := logrus.ParseLevel(logLevelStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't parse log level in %s: %w", co.Name, err)
+	}
+
+	key, ok := co.ConfigKey.(*logrus.Level)
+	if !ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s configKey has an invalid type %T", co.Name, co.ConfigKey)
+	}
+	*key = logLevel
+
+	// Log for debugging
+	if config.IsExplicitlySet(co) {
+		log.Debugf("Setting log level to: %s", logLevel)
+		log.DefaultLogger.SetLevel(*key)
+	} else {
+		log.Debugf("Using default log level: %s", logLevel)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func SetConfigOptionStellarPublicKey(co *config.ConfigOption) error {
 	publicKey := viper.GetString(co.Name)
 
diff --git a/cmd/utils/custom_set_value_test.go b/cmd/utils/custom_set_value_test.go
index e130238..0d15ecc 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/custom_set_value_test.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/custom_set_value_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/support/config"
 	"github.com/stellar/wallet-backend/internal/utils"
@@ -125,6 +126,57 @@ func TestSetConfigOptionStellarPublicKey(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func Test_SetConfigOptionLogLevel(t *testing.T) {
+	opts := struct{ logrusLevel logrus.Level }{}
+
+	co := config.ConfigOption{
+		Name:           "log-level",
+		OptType:        types.String,
+		CustomSetValue: SetConfigOptionLogLevel,
+		ConfigKey:      &opts.logrusLevel,
+	}
+
+	testCases := []customSetterTestCase[logrus.Level]{
+		{
+			name:            "returns an error if the log level is empty",
+			args:            []string{},
+			wantErrContains: `couldn't parse log level in log-level: not a valid logrus Level: ""`,
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "returns an error if the log level is invalid",
+			args:            []string{"--log-level", "test"},
+			wantErrContains: `couldn't parse log level in log-level: not a valid logrus Level: "test"`,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "handles messenger type TRACE (through CLI args)",
+			args:       []string{"--log-level", "TRACE"},
+			wantResult: logrus.TraceLevel,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "handles messenger type TRACE (through ENV vars)",
+			envValue:   "TRACE",
+			wantResult: logrus.TraceLevel,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "handles messenger type INFO (through CLI args)",
+			args:       []string{"--log-level", "iNfO"},
+			wantResult: logrus.InfoLevel,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "handles messenger type INFO (through ENV vars)",
+			envValue:   "INFO",
+			wantResult: logrus.InfoLevel,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			opts.logrusLevel = 0
+			customSetterTester[logrus.Level](t, tc, co)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSetConfigOptionCaptiveCoreBinPath(t *testing.T) {
 	opts := struct{ binPath string }{}
 
diff --git a/internal/ingest/ingest.go b/internal/ingest/ingest.go
index 8bdd5fe..43910b2 100644
--- a/internal/ingest/ingest.go
+++ b/internal/ingest/ingest.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"path"
 
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/ingest/ledgerbackend"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/network"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/support/log"
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ type Configs struct {
 	LedgerCursorName     string
 	StartLedger          int
 	EndLedger            int
+	LogLevel             logrus.Level
 }
 
 func Ingest(cfg Configs) error {
diff --git a/internal/serve/serve.go b/internal/serve/serve.go
index 1ade460..a2d2326 100644
--- a/internal/serve/serve.go
+++ b/internal/serve/serve.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	supporthttp "github.com/stellar/go/support/http"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/support/log"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/support/render/health"
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ type Configs struct {
 	DatabaseURL      string
 	ServerBaseURL    string
 	WalletSigningKey string
+	LogLevel         logrus.Level
 }
 
 type handlerDeps struct {