diff --git a/.github/scripts/compile-settings.jq b/.github/scripts/compile-settings.jq
index 6155b24b..a73b4712 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/compile-settings.jq
+++ b/.github/scripts/compile-settings.jq
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ if $for_release then {
   # Use build-std to build a std library optimized for size and abort immediately on abort,
   # so that format string for `unwrap`/`expect`/`unreachable`/`panic` can be optimized out.
   args: ($matrix.release_build_args // "-Z build-std=std,panic_abort -Z build-std-features=panic_immediate_abort"),
-  features: ($matrix.release_features // ["zlib-ng", "static", "rustls", "trust-dns", "fancy-no-backtrace"]),
+  features: ($matrix.release_features // ["zlib-ng", "static", "rustls", "trust-dns", "fancy-no-backtrace", "log_release_max_level_debug"]),
 } else {
   output: "debug",
   profile: "dev",
diff --git a/crates/bin/Cargo.toml b/crates/bin/Cargo.toml
index 39d67ea9..c58758a3 100644
--- a/crates/bin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bin/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,3 +56,4 @@ fancy-no-backtrace = ["miette/fancy-no-backtrace"]
 fancy-with-backtrace = ["fancy-no-backtrace", "miette/fancy"]
 
 log_release_max_level_info = ["log/release_max_level_info"]
+log_release_max_level_debug = ["log/release_max_level_debug"]
diff --git a/crates/bin/src/ui.rs b/crates/bin/src/ui.rs
index e2856446..715cc7b6 100644
--- a/crates/bin/src/ui.rs
+++ b/crates/bin/src/ui.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 use std::{
+    cmp::min,
     io::{self, BufRead, Write},
     thread,
 };
 
-use log::LevelFilter;
+use log::{LevelFilter, STATIC_MAX_LEVEL};
 use simplelog::{ColorChoice, ConfigBuilder, TermLogger, TerminalMode};
 use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ impl UIThread {
 }
 
 pub fn logging(args: &Args) {
-    let log_level = args.log_level;
+    let log_level = min(args.log_level, STATIC_MAX_LEVEL);
 
     // Setup logging
     let mut log_config = ConfigBuilder::new();