diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/__init__.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/__init__.py
index 5948035d1..017f17197 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/__init__.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/__init__.py
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ def main() -> None:
     if args.debug:
         setup_logging(logging.DEBUG)
         log.debug("Debug log activated")
-    setup_logging(logging.INFO)
+    else:
+        setup_logging(logging.INFO)
 
     if not hasattr(args, "func"):
         return
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/helpers/cli.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/helpers/cli.py
index 699325cde..c6fdd3865 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/helpers/cli.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/helpers/cli.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import logging
 import shlex
 
 from clan_cli import create_parser
-from clan_cli.custom_logger import get_caller
+from clan_cli.custom_logger import get_caller, setup_logging
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 class Cli:
     def run(self, args: list[str]) -> argparse.Namespace:
         parser = create_parser(prog="clan")
-        cmd = shlex.join(["clan", *args])
+        parsed = parser.parse_args(args)
+        setup_logging(logging.DEBUG)
+        cmd = shlex.join(["clan", "--debug", *args])
         log.debug(f"$ {cmd}")
         log.debug(f"Caller {get_caller()}")
-        parsed = parser.parse_args(args)
         if hasattr(parsed, "func"):
             parsed.func(parsed)
         return parsed