diff --git a/ghost/core/core/shared/config/env/config.testing-mysql.json b/ghost/core/core/shared/config/env/config.testing-mysql.json
index f2553404d8..0f4ea5acf2 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/shared/config/env/config.testing-mysql.json
+++ b/ghost/core/core/shared/config/env/config.testing-mysql.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         }
     },
     "logging": {
-        "level": "fatal"
+        "level": "error"
     },
     "spam": {
         "user_login": {
diff --git a/ghost/core/core/shared/config/env/config.testing.json b/ghost/core/core/shared/config/env/config.testing.json
index 928f8a3c2a..84fcbd6b58 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/shared/config/env/config.testing.json
+++ b/ghost/core/core/shared/config/env/config.testing.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         "port": 2369
     },
     "logging": {
-        "level": "fatal"
+        "level": "error"
     },
     "spam": {
         "user_login": {