diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/logback.default.xml b/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/logback.default.xml
index ed639ea586..a1abeed0e0 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/logback.default.xml
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/logback.default.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     </encoder>
   </appender>
 
-  <logger name="sonia.scm" level="TRACE" />
+  <logger name="sonia.scm" level="DEBUG" />
   
   <!-- compress massive gzip logging -->
   <logger name="sonia.scm.filter.GZipFilter" level="WARN" />