diff --git a/_template/cmd/{{.Base.appName}}/main.go b/_template/cmd/{{.Base.appName}}/main.go
index f891779f..b5d000d6 100644
--- a/_template/cmd/{{.Base.appName}}/main.go
+++ b/_template/cmd/{{.Base.appName}}/main.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	"{{.Base.moduleName}}/internal/logger"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
 	// This controls the maxprocs environment variable in container runtimes.
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ func main() {
 }
 
 func run() error {
-	logger, err := zap.NewProduction()
+	logger, err := logger.NewAtLevel(os.Getenv("LOG_LEVEL"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/_template/internal/logger/logger.go b/_template/internal/logger/logger.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f2597cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_template/internal/logger/logger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package logger
+
+import (
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
+)
+
+func NewAtLevel(levelStr string) (*zap.Logger, error) {
+	logLevel := zapcore.InfoLevel
+	if levelStr != "" {
+		var err error
+		logLevel, err = zapcore.ParseLevel(levelStr)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	logConf := zap.NewProductionConfig()
+	logConf.Level = zap.NewAtomicLevelAt(logLevel)
+
+	logger, err := logConf.Build()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return logger, nil
+}