diff --git a/ext/apache2/Logging.cpp b/ext/apache2/Logging.cpp
index b3c3ec4e64..632aa4a8af 100644
--- a/ext/apache2/Logging.cpp
+++ b/ext/apache2/Logging.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 namespace Passenger {
 
-int _debugLevel = 3;
+int _debugLevel = 2;
 ostream *_logStream = &cerr;
 ostream *_debugStream = &cerr;