diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 70eec42..d1d3326 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func Post(reqUrl string, auth string, body interface{}) (respBodyObj ResponseBod
 	log.WithFields(log.Fields{
 		"url":  reqUrl,
 		"body": string(postBody),
-	}).Debug("The request details")
+	}).Trace("The request details")
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", reqUrl, requestBody)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func Get(reqUrl string, auth string) (respBodyObj ResponseBody, err error) {
 	}
 	log.WithFields(log.Fields{
 		"url": reqUrl,
-	}).Debug("The request details")
+	}).Trace("The request details")
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	req.Header.Set(AuthHeaderKey(auth), auth)
 	return handleResp(req)
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ func Delete(reqUrl string, auth string, body interface{}) (respBodyObj ResponseB
 		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
 			"url":  reqUrl,
 			"body": string(postBody),
-		}).Debug("The request details")
+		}).Trace("The request details")
 	} else {
 		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
 			"url": reqUrl,
-		}).Debug("The request details")
+		}).Trace("The request details")
 	}
 	var req *http.Request
 	if requestBody != nil {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func handleResp(req *http.Request) (respBodyObj ResponseBody, err error) {
 	}
 	log.WithFields(log.Fields{
 		"body": string(respBody),
-	}).Debug("The response body")
+	}).Trace("The response body")
 	err = json.Unmarshal(respBody, &respBodyObj)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalln("There was error while parsing the response from server. Exiting...", err)
diff --git a/docs/docs/cli.md b/docs/docs/cli.md
index f408c35..047869b 100644
--- a/docs/docs/cli.md
+++ b/docs/docs/cli.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ harness-upgrade [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]
 | --target-api-key `API_KEY`   | `API_KEY` for the target account to authenticate & authorise the migration.                                            |
 | --load `FILE`                | `FILE` to load flags from                                                                                              |
 | --insecure                   | allow insecure API requests. This is automatically set to true if environment is Dev (default: false)                  |
-| --debug                      | print debug level logs (default: false)                                                                                |
+| --log-level                  | set the log level. Possible values - trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, panic. Default is `info`                  |
 | --json                       | log as JSON instead of standard ASCII formatter (default: false).                                                      |
 | --help, -h                   | show help.                                                                                                             |
 | --version, -v                | print the version                                                                                                      |
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index bb798db..7e36d1d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ var migrationReq = struct {
 	TriggerIds            string `survey:"triggerIds"`
 	File                  string `survey:"load"`
 	IdentifierCase        string `survey:"identifierCase"`
-	Debug                 bool   `survey:"debug"`
+	LogLevel              string `survey:"logLevel"`
 	Json                  bool   `survey:"json"`
 	AllowInsecureReq      bool   `survey:"insecure"`
 	ProjectName           string `survey:"projectName"`
@@ -85,9 +85,14 @@ func logMigrationDetails() {
 }
 
 func cliWrapper(fn cliFnWrapper, ctx *cli.Context) error {
-	if migrationReq.Debug {
-		log.SetLevel(log.DebugLevel)
+	if len(migrationReq.LogLevel) > 0 {
+		level, err := log.ParseLevel(migrationReq.LogLevel)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal("Invalid log level")
+		}
+		log.SetLevel(level)
 	}
+
 	if migrationReq.Json {
 		log.SetFormatter(&log.JSONFormatter{})
 	}
@@ -194,10 +199,11 @@ func main() {
 			Usage:       "allow insecure API requests. This is automatically set to true if environment is Dev",
 			Destination: &migrationReq.AllowInsecureReq,
 		}),
-		altsrc.NewBoolFlag(&cli.BoolFlag{
-			Name:        "debug",
-			Usage:       "print debug level logs",
-			Destination: &migrationReq.Debug,
+		altsrc.NewStringFlag(&cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:        "log-level",
+			Usage:       "set the log level. Possible values - trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, panic. Default is `info`",
+			Destination: &migrationReq.LogLevel,
+			DefaultText: "info",
 		}),
 		altsrc.NewBoolFlag(&cli.BoolFlag{
 			Name:        "json",