diff --git a/passbook/root/settings.py b/passbook/root/settings.py
index ba5920f82..3186cfc2f 100644
--- a/passbook/root/settings.py
+++ b/passbook/root/settings.py
@@ -349,12 +349,11 @@ for handler_name, level in _LOGGING_HANDLER_MAP.items():
 
 TEST = False
 TEST_RUNNER = "xmlrunner.extra.djangotestrunner.XMLTestRunner"
-TEST_OUTPUT_VERBOSE = 2
 
 TEST_OUTPUT_FILE_NAME = "unittest.xml"
 
 if any("test" in arg for arg in sys.argv):
-    LOGGING = None
+    LOGGING["loggers"]["django"]["level"] = "DEBUG"
     TEST = True
     CELERY_TASK_ALWAYS_EAGER = True