diff --git a/deployments/examples/ocis_keycloak/docker-compose.yml b/deployments/examples/ocis_keycloak/docker-compose.yml
index b92b480bd4..0f92535255 100644
--- a/deployments/examples/ocis_keycloak/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/deployments/examples/ocis_keycloak/docker-compose.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       # general config
       OCIS_DOMAIN: ${OCIS_DOMAIN:-ocis.owncloud.test}
-      OCIS_LOG_LEVEL: error
+      OCIS_LOG_LEVEL: ${OCIS_LOG_LEVEL:-error}
       # proxy config
       PROXY_AUTOPROVISION_ACCOUNTS: "true"
       PROXY_OIDC_INSECURE: "${INSECURE:-false}"
diff --git a/deployments/examples/ocis_traefik/docker-compose.yml b/deployments/examples/ocis_traefik/docker-compose.yml
index f088d11080..1df8b26e3c 100644
--- a/deployments/examples/ocis_traefik/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/deployments/examples/ocis_traefik/docker-compose.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       # general config
       OCIS_DOMAIN: ${OCIS_DOMAIN:-ocis.owncloud.test}
-      OCIS_LOG_LEVEL: error
+      OCIS_LOG_LEVEL: ${OCIS_LOG_LEVEL:-error}
       # proxy config
       PROXY_AUTOPROVISION_ACCOUNTS: "true"
       PROXY_OIDC_INSECURE: "${INSECURE:-false}"
diff --git a/deployments/examples/owncloud10_with_oc_web/docker-compose.yml b/deployments/examples/owncloud10_with_oc_web/docker-compose.yml
index d7887d021f..3b6faf2c13 100644
--- a/deployments/examples/owncloud10_with_oc_web/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/deployments/examples/owncloud10_with_oc_web/docker-compose.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       # general config
       OCIS_DOMAIN: ${OCIS_DOMAIN:-ocis.owncloud.test}
-      OCIS_LOG_LEVEL: error
+      OCIS_LOG_LEVEL: ${OCIS_LOG_LEVEL:-error}
       # proxy
       PROXY_AUTOPROVISION_ACCOUNTS: "true"
       PROXY_INSECURE_BACKENDS: "${INSECURE:-false}"