diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 12d49be4c..822087403 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- When it's added the `-v` verbose flag, gitbase will use `debug` as logging level, ignoring any other passed ([#935](https://github.com/src-d/gitbase/pull/935))
+
+### Fixed
+
+- If using docker image, and `info` logging level, it will be now used instead of `debug` ([#935](https://github.com/src-d/gitbase/pull/935))
+
+
 ## [0.24.0-beta1] - 2019-07-08
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/cmd/gitbase/command/server.go b/cmd/gitbase/command/server.go
index 7da961a43..24e73724f 100644
--- a/cmd/gitbase/command/server.go
+++ b/cmd/gitbase/command/server.go
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ type Server struct {
 	MetricsPort    int            `long:"metrics-port" env:"GITBASE_METRICS_PORT" default:"2112" description:"Port where the server is going to expose prometheus metrics"`
 	ReadOnly       bool           `short:"r" long:"readonly" description:"Only allow read queries. This disables creating and deleting indexes as well. Cannot be used with --user-file." env:"GITBASE_READONLY"`
 	SkipGitErrors  bool           // SkipGitErrors disables failing when Git errors are found.
-	Verbose        bool           `short:"v" description:"Activates the verbose mode"`
-	LogLevel       string         `long:"log-level" env:"GITBASE_LOG_LEVEL" choice:"info" choice:"debug" choice:"warning" choice:"error" choice:"fatal" default:"info" description:"logging level"`
+	Verbose        bool           `short:"v" description:"Activates the verbose mode (equivalent to debug logging level), overwriting any passed logging level"`
+	LogLevel       string         `long:"log-level" env:"GITBASE_LOG_LEVEL" choice:"info" choice:"debug" choice:"warning" choice:"error" choice:"fatal" default:"info" description:"logging level; ignored if using -v verbose flag"`
 }
 
 type jaegerLogrus struct {
@@ -138,11 +138,18 @@ func (c *Server) Execute(args []string) error {
 
 	// info is the default log level
 	if c.LogLevel != "info" {
-		level, err := logrus.ParseLevel(c.LogLevel)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse log level: %s", err.Error())
+		if c.Verbose {
+			logrus.Infof(
+				"ignoring passed '%s' log-level, using requesed '-v' verbose flag instead",
+				c.LogLevel,
+			)
+		} else {
+			level, err := logrus.ParseLevel(c.LogLevel)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse log level: %s", err.Error())
+			}
+			logrus.SetLevel(level)
 		}
-		logrus.SetLevel(level)
 	}
 
 	var err error
diff --git a/docs/using-gitbase/configuration.md b/docs/using-gitbase/configuration.md
index dea584af6..6b7a442b6 100644
--- a/docs/using-gitbase/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/using-gitbase/configuration.md
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ Help Options:
       -r, --readonly                                   Only allow read queries. This disables creating and
                                                        deleting indexes as well. Cannot be used with
                                                        --user-file. [$GITBASE_READONLY]
-      -v                                               Activates the verbose mode
+      -v                                               Activates the verbose mode (equivalent to debug
+                                                       logging level), overwriting any passed logging level
           --log-level=[info|debug|warning|error|fatal] logging level (default: info) [$GITBASE_LOG_LEVEL]
 ```
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diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
index 97aa35635..6ddc5594c 100644
--- a/init.sh
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ user=${GITBASE_USER}
 password=${GITBASE_PASSWORD}
 EOT
 
-/tini -s -- /bin/gitbase server -v \
+export GITBASE_LOG_LEVEL=${GITBASE_LOG_LEVEL:-debug}
+
+/tini -s -- /bin/gitbase server \
     --host=0.0.0.0 \
     --port=3306 \
     --user="$GITBASE_USER" \
     --password="$GITBASE_PASSWORD" \
     --directories="$GITBASE_REPOS" \
-    $SIVA_ARGS
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+    $SIVA_ARGS