--- a/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/logging/LoggerInitializer.java	Wed Dec 25 01:04:03 2013 +0100
+++ b/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/logging/LoggerInitializer.java	Wed Dec 25 01:23:27 2013 +0100
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import info.globalcode.sql.dk.Constants;
 import java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler;
+import java.util.logging.Handler;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
@@ -30,6 +31,10 @@
  */
 public class LoggerInitializer {
 
+	private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(LoggerInitializer.class.getName());
+	public static final String LEVEL_PROPERTY = LoggerInitializer.class.getName() + ".level";
+	private static final Level DEFAULT_LEVEL = Level.INFO;
+
 	public LoggerInitializer() {
 		Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(Constants.JAVA_PACKAGE);
 		ConsoleHandler handler = new ConsoleHandler();
@@ -38,12 +43,34 @@
 		logger.addHandler(handler);
 		handler.setFormatter(formatter);
 
-		handler.setLevel(Level.INFO);
-		logger.setLevel(Level.INFO);
+		setLevel(logger, handler);
 
 
 		/**
 		 * TODO: FileHandler – detailed logs in file in ~/sql-dk/log/…
 		 */
 	}
+
+	private void setLevel(Logger logger, Handler handler) {
+		boolean levelParseError = false;
+		Level level;
+		String cliLevel = System.getProperty(LEVEL_PROPERTY);
+		if (cliLevel == null) {
+			level = DEFAULT_LEVEL;
+		} else {
+			try {
+				level = Level.parse(cliLevel);
+			} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+				level = DEFAULT_LEVEL;
+				levelParseError = true;
+			}
+		}
+
+		handler.setLevel(level);
+		logger.setLevel(level);
+
+		if (levelParseError) {
+			log.log(Level.WARNING, "Invalid logging level „{0}“ specified in „{1}“ → using default level „{2}“", new Object[]{cliLevel, LEVEL_PROPERTY, DEFAULT_LEVEL});
+		}
+	}
 }