diff --git a/conf/settings.ini.dist b/conf/settings.ini.dist
index 2ab1672..8fc6436 100644
--- a/conf/settings.ini.dist
+++ b/conf/settings.ini.dist
@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@ credentials = 'rest'
 ; This is the upper limit, you can set a different limit per room
 ;max_members = 0
 
-[log]
-; Verbosity of the web interface. Can be debug, info, warn, error or fatal
-;level = 'warn'
-
 [etherpad]
 ; If you want to enabled etherpad-lite integratio, you must set
 ; the uri of your instance, and the API key
@@ -94,5 +90,7 @@ credentials = 'rest'
 ; server backend. Can be either morbo (DEV) or hypnotoad (PROD)
 ; default is hypnotoad
 ;backend = 'hypnotoad'
+; Log level of the daemon. Can be debug, info, warn, error or fatal
+; log_level = 'warn'
 ; PID file, only used if backend is hypnotoad
 ;pid_file = '/tmp/vroom.pid'
diff --git a/vroom.pl b/vroom.pl
index bae959a..30776f5 100755
--- a/vroom.pl
+++ b/vroom.pl
@@ -55,17 +55,17 @@ $config->{'rooms.inactivity_timeout'}          ||= 60;
 $config->{'rooms.reserved_inactivity_timeout'} ||= 86400;
 $config->{'rooms.common_names'}                ||= '';
 $config->{'rooms.max_members'}                 ||= 0;
-$config->{'log.level'}                         ||= 'info';
 $config->{'etherpad.uri'}                      ||= '';
 $config->{'etherpad.api_key'}                  ||= '';
 $config->{'etherpad.base_domain'}              ||= '';
 $config->{'daemon.listen_ip'}                  ||= '127.0.0.1';
 $config->{'daemon.listen_port'}                ||= '8090';
 $config->{'daemon.backend'}                    ||= 'hypnotoad';
+$config->{'daemon.log_level'}                  ||= 'warn';
 $config->{'daemon.pid_file'}                   ||= '/tmp/vroom.pid';
 
 # Set log level
-app->log->level($config->{'log.level'});
+app->log->level($config->{'daemon.log_level'});
 
 # Create etherpad api client if required
 our $ec = undef;