diff --git a/app/lib/logger.js b/app/lib/logger.js
index 37eaf271c7003ca858a53454422916d120fbbbf3..bb3a21bd9a673f8142f9b83958f4d906cd8e95ae 100644
--- a/app/lib/logger.js
+++ b/app/lib/logger.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ var logger = new (winston.Logger)({
   transports: [
     // setup console logging
     new (winston.transports.Console)({
-      level: 'debug',
+      level: 'trace',
       levels: customLevels.levels,
       handleExceptions: false,
       colorize: true,
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ logger.mute = () => {
   logger.remove(winston.transports.Console);
 };
 
-logger.mute(); // Can be muted by default
-
 /**
 * Convenience function to get logger directly
 */
diff --git a/test/integration/branches.js b/test/integration/branches.js
index 45aeb8df3656ed16d227d4b979ac59407a9ea306..007e2565244abc087758ed22cdb1b391a50f9901 100644
--- a/test/integration/branches.js
+++ b/test/integration/branches.js
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ var expectJSON     = httpTest.expectJSON;
 var expectAnswer   = httpTest.expectAnswer;
 var expectHttpCode = httpTest.expectHttpCode;
 
+require('../../app/lib/logger')().mute();
+
 var MEMORY_MODE = true;
 var commonConf = {
   ipv4: '127.0.0.1',