diff --git a/qubes/tests/__init__.py b/qubes/tests/__init__.py
index db69003e3..273b751b1 100644
--- a/qubes/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/qubes/tests/__init__.py
@@ -847,6 +847,7 @@ def setUp(self):
                 logging.Formatter("%(name)s[%(process)d]: %(message)s")
             )
             logging.root.addHandler(ha_syslog)
+            logging.root.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
         self.log.critical("starting")