diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index 72511431..94a0c61e 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
   # Include generic and useful information about system operation, but avoid logging too much
   # information to avoid inadvertent exposure of personally identifiable information (PII).
-  config.log_level = :info
+  config.log_level = ENV.fetch("RAILS_LOG_LEVEL", "info")
 
   # Prepend all log lines with the following tags.
   config.log_tags = [ :request_id ]
diff --git a/config/schedule.rb b/config/schedule.rb
index 332387bc..ece6c1c7 100644
--- a/config/schedule.rb
+++ b/config/schedule.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron
 
 # Work-around for loading spring unless RAILS_ENV is actually defined...
-job_type :runner,  "cd :path && :environment_variable=:environment bin/rails runner -e :environment ':task' :output"
+job_type :runner,  "cd :path && RAILS_LOG_LEVEL=warn :environment_variable=:environment bin/rails runner -e :environment ':task' :output"
 
 # Example:
 #