diff --git a/resources/chaosknoten/renovate/renovate/config.js.j2 b/resources/chaosknoten/renovate/renovate/config.js.j2
index 031971c..5c386c8 100644
--- a/resources/chaosknoten/renovate/renovate/config.js.j2
+++ b/resources/chaosknoten/renovate/renovate/config.js.j2
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ module.exports = {
     endpoint: "https://git.hamburg.ccc.de/",
     platform: "gitea",
     persistRepoData: true,
-    logLevel: "debug",
     onboardingConfig: {
         "extends": ["config:recommended"],
     },
diff --git a/roles/renovate/files/renovate.service b/roles/renovate/files/renovate.service
index ca9f7ed..7e3be65 100644
--- a/roles/renovate/files/renovate.service
+++ b/roles/renovate/files/renovate.service
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Wants=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
+Environment=LOG_LEVEL=debug
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker run --rm \
     -v "/etc/renovate/config.js:/usr/src/app/config.js" \
     renovate/renovate