diff --git a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/templates/taskotron.yaml.j2 b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/templates/taskotron.yaml.j2
index 2e0c6b436b..10383bd584 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/templates/taskotron.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/templates/taskotron.yaml.j2
@@ -163,7 +163,11 @@ minion_repos:
 ## output (option log_level_stream) and logging to file (log_level_file).
 ## Possible values can be found here:
 ## https://docs.python.org/2.7/library/logging.html#logging-levels
-#log_level_stream: INFO
+{% if deployment_type == 'dev' %}
+log_level_stream: DEBUG
+{% elif deployment_type in ['stg', 'prod', 'local'] %}
+log_level_stream: INFO
+{% endif %}
 #log_level_file: DEBUG
 
 ## If True, logging to file will be enabled.