diff --git a/bin/github-backup b/bin/github-backup
index dfef030..25f6ddd 100755
--- a/bin/github-backup
+++ b/bin/github-backup
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ from github_backup.github_backup import (
     retrieve_repositories,
 )
 
-logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d: %(message)s', datefmt='%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')
+logging.basicConfig(
+    format='%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d: %(message)s',
+    datefmt='%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S',
+    level=logging.INFO
+)
 
 def main():
     args = parse_args()