diff --git a/nameparser/util.py b/nameparser/util.py
index 1987dae..12c8ee8 100644
--- a/nameparser/util.py
+++ b/nameparser/util.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # http://code.google.com/p/python-nameparser/issues/detail?id=10
 log = logging.getLogger('HumanName')
 log.addHandler(logging.NullHandler())
-log.setLevel(logging.ERROR)
 
 
 HumanNameAttributeT = Literal['title', 'first', 'middle', 'last', 'suffix', 'nickname', 'surnames']