diff --git a/import2ledger/__main__.py b/import2ledger/__main__.py
index 5d7896d8acb781bb965cb2a4f5fa08e2dfbeeb84..5def4c435f194944b079d491f851501edb1f6ec1 100644
--- a/import2ledger/__main__.py
+++ b/import2ledger/__main__.py
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ def setup_logger(logger, main_config, stream):
     handler = logging.StreamHandler(stream)
     handler.setFormatter(formatter)
     logger.addHandler(handler)
+    logger.setLevel(main_config.get_loglevel())
 
 def decimal_context(base=decimal.BasicContext):
     context = base.copy()