diff --git a/src/Cargo.toml b/src/Cargo.toml
index 41c6845..b88bc2b 100644
--- a/src/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ serde_json = "1"
 thiserror = "1"
 time = "0.3"
 tracing = "0.1"
-tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 rocket = "0.5"
 iso8601-duration = "0.2"
diff --git a/src/orangutan-server/src/main.rs b/src/orangutan-server/src/main.rs
index ea63b49..d6bf353 100644
--- a/src/orangutan-server/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/orangutan-server/src/main.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ use rocket::{
     Request,
 };
 use routes::{main_route, update_content_routes};
-use tracing::Level;
-use tracing_subscriber::FmtSubscriber;
+use tracing_subscriber::{EnvFilter, FmtSubscriber};
 use util::error;
 
 use crate::config::NOT_FOUND_FILE;
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ fn rocket() -> _ {
         .attach(AdHoc::on_liftoff("Tracing subsciber", |_| {
             Box::pin(async move {
                 let subscriber = FmtSubscriber::builder()
-                    .with_max_level(Level::TRACE)
+                    .with_env_filter(EnvFilter::from_default_env())
                     .finish();
                 tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(subscriber)
                     .expect("Failed to set tracing subscriber.");