diff --git a/cmd/q3rcon-proxy/main.go b/cmd/q3rcon-proxy/main.go
index 56a8b55..5abe1e2 100644
--- a/cmd/q3rcon-proxy/main.go
+++ b/cmd/q3rcon-proxy/main.go
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ func main() {
 				Sources: cli.EnvVars("Q3RCON_LOGLEVEL"),
 			},
 		},
+		Before: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) (context.Context, error) {
+			logLevel, err := log.ParseLevel(cmd.String("loglevel"))
+			if err != nil {
+				return ctx, fmt.Errorf("invalid log level: %w", err)
+			}
+			log.SetLevel(logLevel)
+			return ctx, nil
+		},
 		Action: func(_ context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
 			errChan := make(chan error)