diff --git a/swh/web/api/apiresponse.py b/swh/web/api/apiresponse.py
--- a/swh/web/api/apiresponse.py
+++ b/swh/web/api/apiresponse.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 from swh.web.common.utils import gen_path_info, shorten_path
 from swh.web.config import get_config
 
-logger = logging.Logger(__name__)
+logger = logging.getLogger("django")
 
 
 def compute_link_header(rv: Dict[str, Any], options: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
 
     if get_config()["debug"]:
         error_data["traceback"] = traceback.format_exc()
-        logger.error(error_data["traceback"])
+        logger.debug(error_data["traceback"])
 
     return make_api_response(request, error_data, doc_data, options=error_opts)
 
diff --git a/swh/web/common/exc.py b/swh/web/common/exc.py
--- a/swh/web/common/exc.py
+++ b/swh/web/common/exc.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 from swh.web.config import get_config
 
-logger = logging.Logger(__name__)
+logger = logging.getLogger("django")
 
 
 class BadInputExc(ValueError):
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     error_description = "%s: %s" % (type(exc).__name__, str(exc))
     if get_config()["debug"]:
         error_description = traceback.format_exc()
-        logger.error(error_description)
+        logger.debug(error_description)
     if isinstance(exc, BadInputExc):
         error_code = 400
     if isinstance(exc, ForbiddenExc):