diff --git a/src/GUI/QtLauncher.cxx b/src/GUI/QtLauncher.cxx
index 733108832..7867a83d9 100644
--- a/src/GUI/QtLauncher.cxx
+++ b/src/GUI/QtLauncher.cxx
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ void initApp(int& argc, char** argv, bool doInitQSettings)
     if (!qtInitDone) {
         qtInitDone = true;
 
-        sglog().setLogLevels( SG_ALL, SG_INFO );
         initQtResources(); // can't be called from a namespace
 
         s_argc = argc; // QApplication only stores a reference to argc,
diff --git a/src/Main/fg_props.cxx b/src/Main/fg_props.cxx
index 62906050e..ca48f5446 100644
--- a/src/Main/fg_props.cxx
+++ b/src/Main/fg_props.cxx
@@ -194,20 +194,18 @@ setLoggingPriority (const char * p)
 {
   if (p == 0)
       return;
+
   string priority = p;
-  if (priority == "bulk") {
-    sglog().set_log_priority(SG_BULK);
-  } else if (priority == "debug") {
-    sglog().set_log_priority(SG_DEBUG);
-  } else if (priority.empty() || priority == "info") { // default
-    sglog().set_log_priority(SG_INFO);
-  } else if (priority == "warn") {
-    sglog().set_log_priority(SG_WARN);
-  } else if (priority == "alert") {
-    sglog().set_log_priority(SG_ALERT);
+  if (priority.empty()) {
+      sglog().set_log_priority(SG_INFO);
   } else {
-    SG_LOG(SG_GENERAL, SG_WARN, "Unknown logging priority " << priority);
+      try {
+          sglog().set_log_priority(logstream::priorityFromString(priority));
+      } catch (std::exception& e) {
+          SG_LOG(SG_GENERAL, SG_WARN, "Unknown logging priority: " << priority);
+      }
   }
+
   SG_LOG(SG_GENERAL, SG_DEBUG, "Logging priority is " << getLoggingPriority());
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Main/main.cxx b/src/Main/main.cxx
index e2fb89066..67f45ee7a 100755
--- a/src/Main/main.cxx
+++ b/src/Main/main.cxx
@@ -506,8 +506,18 @@ extern "C" {
 }
 #endif
 
-static void logToHome()
+static void logToHome(const std::string& pri)
 {
+    sgDebugPriority fileLogLevel = SG_INFO;
+    // https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/codetickets/2100/
+    if (!pri.empty()) {
+        try {
+            fileLogLevel = std::min(fileLogLevel, logstream::priorityFromString(pri));
+        } catch (std::exception& e) {
+            // let's not worry about this, and just log at INFO
+        }
+    }
+
     SGPath logPath = globals->get_fg_home();
     logPath.append("fgfs.log");
     if (logPath.exists()) {
@@ -518,7 +528,8 @@ static void logToHome()
         logPath = globals->get_fg_home();
         logPath.append("fgfs.log");
     }
-    sglog().logToFile(logPath, SG_ALL, SG_INFO);
+
+    sglog().logToFile(logPath, SG_ALL, fileLogLevel);
 }
 
 // Main top level initialization
@@ -563,7 +574,8 @@ int fgMainInit( int argc, char **argv )
     const bool readOnlyFGHome = fgGetBool("/sim/fghome-readonly");
     if (!readOnlyFGHome) {
         // now home is initialised, we can log to a file inside it
-        logToHome();
+        const auto level = flightgear::Options::getArgValue(argc, argv, "--log-level");
+        logToHome(level);
     }
 
     if (readOnlyFGHome) {