diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/logback.default.xml b/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/logback.default.xml
index a1ddcaea03..ed639ea586 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/logback.default.xml
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/logback.default.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,12 @@
     </encoder>
   </appender>
 
-  <logger name="sonia.scm" level="DEBUG" />
+  <logger name="sonia.scm" level="TRACE" />
+  
+  <!-- compress massive gzip logging -->
+  <logger name="sonia.scm.filter.GZipFilter" level="WARN" />
+  <logger name="sonia.scm.filter.GZipResponseStream" level="WARN" />
+  
   <logger name="sonia.scm.util.ServiceUtil" level="WARN" />
 
   <root level="WARN">
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/logback.release.xml b/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/logback.release.xml
index 05e383d6f7..aa5dc11f5f 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/logback.release.xml
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/logback.release.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@
   </appender>
 
   <logger name="sonia.scm" level="INFO" />
+  
+  <!-- compress massive gzip logging -->
+  <logger name="sonia.scm.filter.GZipFilter" level="WARN" />
+  <logger name="sonia.scm.filter.GZipResponseStream" level="WARN" />
+  
   <logger name="sonia.scm.util.ServiceUtil" level="WARN" />
 
   <root level="WARN">