diff --git a/IdentityServer.Api/Program.cs b/IdentityServer.Api/Program.cs
index 1c06f7a..68c1918 100644
--- a/IdentityServer.Api/Program.cs
+++ b/IdentityServer.Api/Program.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ namespace IdentityServer.Api
             var connectionString = configuration.GetConnectionString("DatabaseConnection");
             var loggingLevelParam = configuration.GetValue<string>("Logging:LogLevel:Default");
 
-            Enum.TryParse(loggingLevelParam, out LogEventLevel loggingLevel);
+            var loggingLevelOk = Enum.TryParse(loggingLevelParam, out LogEventLevel loggingLevel);
+            if (!loggingLevelOk)
+                throw new Exception($"Logging level '{loggingLevelParam}' is not valid.");
+
             var loggingLevelSwitch = new LoggingLevelSwitch(loggingLevel);
 
             var columnOptions = new ColumnOptions();
@@ -43,17 +46,15 @@ namespace IdentityServer.Api
 
             var mssqlSinkOptions = new MSSqlServerSinkOptions() { AutoCreateSqlTable = true, TableName = "__Logs" };
 
-            Serilog.Debugging.SelfLog.Enable(msg => Console.WriteLine(msg));
-
             Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
-                .MinimumLevel.Verbose()
+                .MinimumLevel.ControlledBy(loggingLevelSwitch)
                 .MinimumLevel.Override("Microsoft", LogEventLevel.Warning)
                 .Enrich.FromLogContext()
                 .WriteTo.Console()
                 .WriteTo.MSSqlServer(connectionString, mssqlSinkOptions, columnOptions: columnOptions)
                 .CreateLogger();
 
-            Serilog.Debugging.SelfLog.Enable(msg => Console.WriteLine(msg));
+            //Serilog.Debugging.SelfLog.Enable(msg => Console.WriteLine(msg));
 
             try
             {