diff --git a/src/bin/client.rs b/src/bin/client.rs
index 609be1c..364d48f 100644
--- a/src/bin/client.rs
+++ b/src/bin/client.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ use zika::config::read_from_default_location;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    env_logger::init();
+    env_logger::Builder::new()
+        .filter_level(log::LevelFilter::Info)
+        .parse_env("RUST_LOG")
+        .init();
     let config = read_from_default_location().expect("A proper config file");
     log::debug!("Config = {:?}", config);
     let mut client = Client::from_config(config).await;
diff --git a/src/bin/server.rs b/src/bin/server.rs
index 99cc6c0..e22f75e 100644
--- a/src/bin/server.rs
+++ b/src/bin/server.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ use zika::server::Server;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    env_logger::init();
+    env_logger::Builder::new()
+        .filter_level(log::LevelFilter::Info)
+        .parse_env("RUST_LOG")
+        .init();
     let config = read_from_default_location().expect("A proper config file");
     log::debug!("Config = {:?}", config);
     let mut server = Server::from_config(config);