diff --git a/labelme/logger.py b/labelme/logger.py
index 610163d5d..dacd73a03 100644
--- a/labelme/logger.py
+++ b/labelme/logger.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ def colored(text):
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__appname__)
+logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
 stream_handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)
 handler_format = ColoredFormatter(