diff --git a/motioneye/config.json b/motioneye/config.json
index ab0de9e..64d3017 100755
--- a/motioneye/config.json
+++ b/motioneye/config.json
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     "ssl"
   ],
   "options": {
-    "log_level": "info",
     "motion_webcontrol": false,
     "port": 8765,
     "ssl": true,
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@
     "keyfile": "privkey.pem"
   },
   "schema": {
-    "log_level": "match(^(trace|debug|info|notice|warning|error|fatal)$)",
+    "log_level": "match(^(trace|debug|info|notice|warning|error|fatal)$)?",
     "motion_webcontrol": "bool",
     "port": "port",
     "ssl": "bool",