diff --git a/cmd/gluetun/main.go b/cmd/gluetun/main.go
index 926b699a..37683323 100644
--- a/cmd/gluetun/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gluetun/main.go
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ func _main(ctx context.Context, buildInfo models.BuildInformation,
 	// - firewall Debug and Enabled are booleans parsed from source
 
 	logger.Patch(log.SetLevel(*allSettings.Log.Level))
+	netLinker.PatchLoggerLevel(*allSettings.Log.Level)
 
 	routingLogger := logger.New(log.SetComponent("routing"))
 	if *allSettings.Firewall.Debug { // To remove in v4
@@ -520,6 +521,7 @@ type netLinker interface {
 	Linker
 	IsWireguardSupported() (ok bool, err error)
 	IsIPv6Supported() (ok bool, err error)
+	PatchLoggerLevel(level log.Level)
 }
 
 type Addresser interface {
diff --git a/internal/netlink/interfaces.go b/internal/netlink/interfaces.go
index e0b49cec..89403978 100644
--- a/internal/netlink/interfaces.go
+++ b/internal/netlink/interfaces.go
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package netlink
 
+import "github.com/qdm12/log"
+
 type DebugLogger interface {
 	Debugf(format string, args ...any)
+	Patch(options ...log.Option)
 }
diff --git a/internal/netlink/netlink.go b/internal/netlink/netlink.go
index 90ca4659..9a26ab08 100644
--- a/internal/netlink/netlink.go
+++ b/internal/netlink/netlink.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package netlink
 
+import "github.com/qdm12/log"
+
 type NetLink struct {
 	debugLogger DebugLogger
 }
@@ -9,3 +11,7 @@ func New(debugLogger DebugLogger) *NetLink {
 		debugLogger: debugLogger,
 	}
 }
+
+func (n *NetLink) PatchLoggerLevel(level log.Level) {
+	n.debugLogger.Patch(log.SetLevel(level))
+}