diff --git a/roles/zeitbild_backend/templates/conf.json.j2 b/roles/zeitbild_backend/templates/conf.json.j2
index 83b6896..53a99b9 100644
--- a/roles/zeitbild_backend/templates/conf.json.j2
+++ b/roles/zeitbild_backend/templates/conf.json.j2
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 		{
 			"kind": "stdout",
 			"data": {
-				"threshold": "info"
+				"threshold": "{{var_zeitbild_backend_verbosity}}"
 			}
 		}
 	],