diff --git a/bin/linspector b/bin/linspector
index 752b160..a62cb1d 100755
--- a/bin/linspector
+++ b/bin/linspector
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def main():
 
     print("\nScheduled " + str(job_count) + " jobs")
 
-    interface = LinspectorInterface(jobs, scheduler, lin_conf)
+    interface = LinspectorInterface(jobs, scheduler, lin_conf, root_logger)
 
     if "jsonrpc_backend" in core and core["jsonrpc_backend"]:
         jsonrpc = JsonrpcBackend(interface, core)
diff --git a/linspector/core/interface.py b/linspector/core/interface.py
index 482e684..9cd1c50 100644
--- a/linspector/core/interface.py
+++ b/linspector/core/interface.py
@@ -20,17 +20,19 @@ You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 """
 
-from collections import OrderedDict
-from logging import getLogger
+import logging
 
-logger = getLogger(__name__)
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class LinspectorInterface(object):
-    def __init__(self, jobs, scheduler, linspectorConfig):
+    def __init__(self, jobs, scheduler, linspectorConfig, root_logger):
         self.jobs = jobs
         self._scheduler = scheduler
         self._config = linspectorConfig
+        self._root_logger = root_logger
         self._recompute_job_hex_strings()
 
     def _recompute_job_hex_strings(self):
@@ -160,4 +162,15 @@ class LinspectorInterface(object):
 
     def get_thread_count(self):
         return {"Num Threads": str(self._scheduler._threadpool.num_threads),
-                "Max Threads": str(self._scheduler._threadpool.max_threads)}
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+                "Max Threads": str(self._scheduler._threadpool.max_threads)}
+
+    def set_log_level(self, log_level):
+        if log_level == "debug":
+            level = logging.DEBUG
+        elif log_level == "error":
+            level = logging.ERROR
+        elif log_level == "info":
+            level = logging.INFO
+        elif log_level == "warning":
+            level = logging.WARNING
+        self._root_logger.setLevel(level)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/linspector/frontends/lish.py b/linspector/frontends/lish.py
index f9d6a98..609921f 100644
--- a/linspector/frontends/lish.py
+++ b/linspector/frontends/lish.py
@@ -350,7 +350,9 @@ Usage:
             pass
 
     def do_log(self, text):
-        if text == "less":
+        text = shsplit(text)
+
+        if text[0] == "less":
             try:
                 # TODO: do the less on the logfile set by args and not a static path
                 with open(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + "/../../log/linspector.log"):
@@ -358,7 +360,13 @@ Usage:
             except IOError:
                 self.print_color(RED, "Logfile not found.")
                 self.help_log()
-        elif text == "more":
+        elif text[0] == "level":
+            if text[1] in ["debug", "error", "info", "warning"]:
+                self.interface.set_log_level(text[1])
+                self.print_color(GREEN, "Setting log level to: " + text[1])
+            else:
+                self.print_color(RED, "Log level " + text[1] + " not supported")
+        elif text[0] == "more":
             try:
                 # TODO: do the more on the logfile set by args and not a static path
                 with open(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + "/../../log/linspector.log"):
@@ -366,7 +374,7 @@ Usage:
             except IOError:
                 self.print_color(RED, "Logfile not found.")
                 self.help_log()
-        elif text == "tail":
+        elif text[0] == "tail":
             try:
                 # TODO: do the tail on the logfile set by args and not a static path
                 with open(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + "/../../log/linspector.log"):
@@ -378,9 +386,11 @@ Usage:
     def help_log(self):
         print('''
 Usage:
-  less  less on the linspector logfile (press "q" to exit)
-  more  more on the linspector logfile (press "q" to exit)
-  tail  tail (-F) on the linspector logfile (Ctrl+C to exit)
+  less          less on the linspector logfile (press "q" to exit)
+  level <LEVEL> set the log level to <LEVEL>
+                supported levels are debug, error, info, warning
+  more          more on the linspector logfile (press "q" to exit)
+  tail          tail (-F) on the linspector logfile (Ctrl+C to exit)
 ''')
 
     def do_status(self, text):