diff --git a/src/mail.js b/src/mail.js
index 919a29113..38ab4cc2e 100644
--- a/src/mail.js
+++ b/src/mail.js
@@ -705,6 +705,7 @@ async function configureMail(mailFqdn, mailDomain, serviceConfig) {
     const ports = allowInbound ? '-p 587:2587 -p 993:9993 -p 4190:4190 -p 25:2587 -p 465:2465 -p 995:9995' : '';
     const readOnly = !serviceConfig.recoveryMode ? '--read-only' : '';
     const cmd = serviceConfig.recoveryMode ? '/bin/bash -c \'echo "Debug mode. Sleeping" && sleep infinity\'' : '';
+    const logLevel = serviceConfig.recoveryMode ? 'data' : 'info';
 
     const runCmd = `docker run --restart=always -d --name="mail" \
                 --net cloudron \
@@ -719,6 +720,7 @@ async function configureMail(mailFqdn, mailDomain, serviceConfig) {
                 --dns-search=. \
                 -e CLOUDRON_MAIL_TOKEN="${cloudronToken}" \
                 -e CLOUDRON_RELAY_TOKEN="${relayToken}" \
+                -e LOGLEVEL=${logLevel} \
                 -v "${paths.MAIL_DATA_DIR}:/app/data" \
                 -v "${paths.MAIL_CONFIG_DIR}:/etc/mail" \
                 ${ports} \