diff --git a/cms/envs/acceptance.py b/cms/envs/acceptance.py
index 7264394877..d2593d16a3 100644
--- a/cms/envs/acceptance.py
+++ b/cms/envs/acceptance.py
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ DEBUG = True
 import logging
 logging.basicConfig(filename=TEST_ROOT / "log" / "cms_acceptance.log", level=logging.ERROR)
 
+# set root logger level
+logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+
 import os
 
 
diff --git a/lms/envs/acceptance.py b/lms/envs/acceptance.py
index 7494861fb9..c5d28db898 100644
--- a/lms/envs/acceptance.py
+++ b/lms/envs/acceptance.py
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ SITE_NAME = 'localhost:{}'.format(LETTUCE_SERVER_PORT)
 import logging
 logging.basicConfig(filename=TEST_ROOT / "log" / "lms_acceptance.log", level=logging.ERROR)
 
+# set root logger level
+logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+
 import os
 from random import choice
 import string