diff --git a/bin/swh-loader-git b/bin/swh-loader-git
index b984f89..89d16e3 100755
--- a/bin/swh-loader-git
+++ b/bin/swh-loader-git
@@ -1,26 +1,29 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import logging
 import sys
 
 from swh.loader.git import BulkLoader
 
 ADDITIONAL_CONFIG = {
     'repo_path': ('str', None),
 
     'origin_url': ('str', 'file:///dev/null'),
     'authority': ('int', 1),
     'validity': ('str', '2015-01-01 00:00:00+00'),
 }
 
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO,
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG,
                     format='%(asctime)s %(name)s %(levelname)s %(message)s')
 
+requests_log = logging.getLogger("requests")
+requests_log.setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)
+
 my_config = BulkLoader.parse_config_file(config_filename=sys.argv[1],
                                          additional_configs=[ADDITIONAL_CONFIG])
 
 loader = BulkLoader(my_config)
 loader.process(my_config['repo_path'],
                my_config['origin_url'],
                my_config['authority'],
                my_config['validity'])