diff --git a/vimconn_openstack.py b/vimconn_openstack.py
index f44257d..6396b77 100644
--- a/vimconn_openstack.py
+++ b/vimconn_openstack.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
                      }
 
 class vimconnector(vimconn.vimconnector):
-    def __init__(self, uuid, name, tenant_id, tenant_name, url, url_admin=None, user=None, passwd=None, log_level="DEBUG", config={}):
+    def __init__(self, uuid, name, tenant_id, tenant_name, url, url_admin=None, user=None, passwd=None, log_level=None, config={}):
         '''using common constructor parameters. In this case 
         'url' is the keystone authorization url,
         'url_admin' is not use
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@
             self.n_creds['api_key']  = passwd
         self.reload_client       = True
         self.logger = logging.getLogger('openmano.vim.openstack')
+        if log_level:
+            self.logger.setLevel( getattr(logging, log_level) )
     
     def __setitem__(self,index, value):
         '''Set individuals parameters