diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index e433618..cd617ba 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "bufferapp/php-bufflog",
     "description": "PHP log libraries for Buffer services",
-    "version": "0.1.1",
+    "version": "0.1.2",
     "require": {
         "php": "^7.1",
         "monolog/monolog": "^1.20",
diff --git a/src/BuffLog/BuffLog.php b/src/BuffLog/BuffLog.php
index bb35a61..f6e6171 100644
--- a/src/BuffLog/BuffLog.php
+++ b/src/BuffLog/BuffLog.php
@@ -9,8 +9,16 @@ class BuffLog {
     protected   static $instance;
     private     static $logger = null;
 
-    private static $logOutputMethods = ['debug', 'info', 'notice', 'warning', 'error', 'critical'];
-    private static $extraAllowedMethods = ['getName', 'pushHandler', 'setHandlers', 'getHandlers', 'pushProcessor', 'getProcessors'];
+    // default verbosity starting at this level
+    private     static $verbosityLevel = Logger::NOTICE;
+
+    // verbosity can be changed with setting this env var
+    public      static $logLevelEnvVar = "LOG_LEVEL";
+
+    // we can use strtolower(Logger::getLevels()) instead
+    private     static $logOutputMethods = ['debug', 'info', 'notice', 'warning', 'error', 'critical'];
+
+    private     static $extraAllowedMethods = ['getName', 'pushHandler', 'setHandlers', 'getHandlers', 'pushProcessor', 'getProcessors', 'getLevels'];
 
 	/**
 	 * Method to return the Monolog instance
@@ -32,7 +40,19 @@ protected static function configureInstance()
         // define the logger name. This will make it easier for developers
         // to read and friendlier to identify where come the logs at a glance
         $logger = new Logger('php-bufflog');
-        $handler = new StreamHandler('php://stdout');
+
+        $logLevelFromEnv = getenv(self::$logLevelEnvVar);
+        $monologLevels = $logger->getLevels();
+        if ($logLevelFromEnv) {
+            // only if the level exists, we change the verbosity level
+            if (key_exists($logLevelFromEnv, $monologLevels)) {
+                self::$verbosityLevel = $monologLevels[$logLevelFromEnv];
+            } else {
+                error_log(self::$logLevelEnvVar . "={$logLevelFromEnv} verbosity level does not exists. Please use: " . implode(', ', array_keys($monologLevels)));
+            }
+        }
+
+        $handler = new StreamHandler('php://stdout', self::$verbosityLevel);
         $handler->setFormatter( new \Monolog\Formatter\JsonFormatter() );
         $logger->pushHandler($handler);
         self::$instance = $logger;
@@ -47,24 +67,16 @@ public static function __callStatic($methodName, $args)
 
                 if (in_array($methodName, self::$logOutputMethods)) {
 
-                    // @TODO: need to make sure we "output" only the correct level of log
-                    //    old version looked like:
-                    //     self::setVerbosity();
-                    //     if (self::$currentVerbosity > Logger::WARNING) {
-                    //         return;
-                    //     }
-
                     self::enrichLog();
                 }
                 // Where the magic happen. We "proxy" functions name with arguments to the Monolog instance
                 return call_user_func_array(array(self::getLogger(), $methodName), $args);
 
             } else {
-
                 error_log("BuffLog::$methodName() is not supported yet. Add it to the BuffLog whitelist to allow it");
             }
         } else {
-            error_log("BuffLog::$methodName() does not exist");
+            error_log("BuffLog::$methodName() method does not exist");
         }
     }
 
@@ -84,7 +96,7 @@ private static function enrichLog()
             //     'profileID' => $user->getProfileID()
             // );
 
-            // Add traces information to logs to be able correlate with APM
+            // Add traces information to be able to correlate logs with APM
             $ddTraceSpan = \DDTrace\GlobalTracer::get()->getActiveSpan();
             $record['context']['dd'] = [
                 "trace_id" => $ddTraceSpan->getTraceId(),