diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/tendermint/log15/logger.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/tendermint/log15/logger.go
index bef6031e9..96603c69f 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/tendermint/log15/logger.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/tendermint/log15/logger.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func LvlFromString(lvlString string) (Lvl, error) {
 		return LvlDebug, nil
 	case "info":
 		return LvlInfo, nil
-	case "note":
+	case "notice", "note":
 		return LvlNotice, nil
 	case "warn":
 		return LvlWarn, nil
diff --git a/cmd/debora/main.go b/cmd/debora/main.go
index 801acb797..66e19a0f6 100644
--- a/cmd/debora/main.go
+++ b/cmd/debora/main.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func main() {
 	fmt.Printf("New Debora Process (PID: %d)\n", os.Getpid())
 
 	// Apply bare tendermint/* configuration.
-	cfg.ApplyConfig(cfg.MapConfig(map[string]interface{}{"log_level": "info"}))
+	cfg.ApplyConfig(cfg.MapConfig(map[string]interface{}{"log_level": "notice"}))
 
 	rootDir := os.Getenv("DEBROOT")
 	if rootDir == "" {