diff --git a/metplotpy/plots/config/bar_defaults.yaml b/metplotpy/plots/config/bar_defaults.yaml
index c658a4e7..ab33f1af 100644
--- a/metplotpy/plots/config/bar_defaults.yaml
+++ b/metplotpy/plots/config/bar_defaults.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ legend_inset:
 legend_ncol: 3
 legend_size: 0.8
 log_filename: stdout
-log_level: INFO
+log_level: ERROR
 line_type: N/A
 list_stat_1: []
 list_stat_2: []
diff --git a/metplotpy/plots/config/box_defaults.yaml b/metplotpy/plots/config/box_defaults.yaml
index 51d37ebf..b5ee9e42 100644
--- a/metplotpy/plots/config/box_defaults.yaml
+++ b/metplotpy/plots/config/box_defaults.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ list_stat_1: []
 list_stat_2: []
 
 log_filename: stdout
-log_level: ERROR 
+log_level: ERROR
 mar:
 - 8
 - 4
diff --git a/metplotpy/plots/config/contour_defaults.yaml b/metplotpy/plots/config/contour_defaults.yaml
index 8bd9e775..0e8cd9a9 100644
--- a/metplotpy/plots/config/contour_defaults.yaml
+++ b/metplotpy/plots/config/contour_defaults.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ legend_size: 0.8
 line_type: None
 
 log_filename: stdout
-log_level: info
+log_level: error
 mar:
 - 8.0
 - 4.0
diff --git a/metplotpy/plots/config/ens_ss_defaults.yaml b/metplotpy/plots/config/ens_ss_defaults.yaml
index d1fe08a1..1d999594 100644
--- a/metplotpy/plots/config/ens_ss_defaults.yaml
+++ b/metplotpy/plots/config/ens_ss_defaults.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ list_stat_1: []
 list_stat_2: []
 
 log_filename: stdout
-log_level: 'INFO'
+log_level: ERROR
 mar:
 - 8
 - 4
diff --git a/metplotpy/plots/config/histogram_2d_defaults.yaml b/metplotpy/plots/config/histogram_2d_defaults.yaml
index 00479685..a9568c1d 100644
--- a/metplotpy/plots/config/histogram_2d_defaults.yaml
+++ b/metplotpy/plots/config/histogram_2d_defaults.yaml
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ normalize_to_pdf: False
 pdf_min: 0.0
 pdf_max: 4.0
 
-log_level: INFO
+log_level: ERROR
 log_filename: stdout
diff --git a/metplotpy/plots/config/histogram_defaults.yaml b/metplotpy/plots/config/histogram_defaults.yaml
index 00da6bcf..c5707e73 100644
--- a/metplotpy/plots/config/histogram_defaults.yaml
+++ b/metplotpy/plots/config/histogram_defaults.yaml
@@ -65,5 +65,5 @@ xbins:  # bins used for histogram
   #end: 200
   size: 10
 
-log_level: INFO
+log_level: ERROR
 log_filename: stdout
diff --git a/metplotpy/plots/config/hovmoeller_defaults.yaml b/metplotpy/plots/config/hovmoeller_defaults.yaml
index 6ba70a5b..82282b24 100644
--- a/metplotpy/plots/config/hovmoeller_defaults.yaml
+++ b/metplotpy/plots/config/hovmoeller_defaults.yaml
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ contour_max: 1.6
 contour_del: 0.2
 colorscale: 'BuPu'
 
-log_level: INFO
+log_level: ERROR
 log_filename: stdout
diff --git a/metplotpy/plots/config/line_defaults.yaml b/metplotpy/plots/config/line_defaults.yaml
index 506a576a..66fc88a1 100644
--- a/metplotpy/plots/config/line_defaults.yaml
+++ b/metplotpy/plots/config/line_defaults.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ line_type: N/A
 list_stat_1: []
 list_stat_2: []
 log_filename:  stdout
-log_level: 'INFO'
+log_level: ERROR 
 mar:
 - 8
 - 4
diff --git a/metplotpy/plots/config/mpr_plot_defaults.yaml b/metplotpy/plots/config/mpr_plot_defaults.yaml
index a1735d2e..8de7ba93 100644
--- a/metplotpy/plots/config/mpr_plot_defaults.yaml
+++ b/metplotpy/plots/config/mpr_plot_defaults.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ angularaxis_ticktext:
   - 'S'
   - 'W'
 log_filename: stdout
-log_level: 'info'
+log_level: error 
 width: 1200
 height: 7500
 marker_color: 'rgb(194,189,251)'
diff --git a/metplotpy/plots/config/performance_diagram_defaults.yaml b/metplotpy/plots/config/performance_diagram_defaults.yaml
index 67bfd326..c808f2c2 100644
--- a/metplotpy/plots/config/performance_diagram_defaults.yaml
+++ b/metplotpy/plots/config/performance_diagram_defaults.yaml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ legend_inset:
 legend_size: 0.8
 
 log_filename: STDOUT
-log_level: 'info'
+log_level:  error
 plot_stat: median
 plot_contour_legend: False
 colors: