diff --git a/.github/validation_samples/ecal_pn/config.py b/.github/validation_samples/ecal_pn/config.py
index 458802ad0..47fbe90ec 100644
--- a/.github/validation_samples/ecal_pn/config.py
+++ b/.github/validation_samples/ecal_pn/config.py
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@
 
 p.histogramFile = f'hist.root'
 p.outputFiles = [f'events.root']
-p.termLogLevel = 0
+
+# The Tracking modules produce a lot of helpful messages
+# but (at the debug level) is too much for commiting the gold log
+# into the git working tree on GitHub
+p.termLogLevel = 1
 
 # Load the tracking module
 from LDMX.Tracking import tracking