diff --git a/testserver/docker_gitlab/templates/docker-compose.yml b/testserver/docker_gitlab/templates/docker-compose.yml
index 2b621de05dcb59e830233d61ffdf65c05d7d38ea..ba977d32a6f7bbd6275f531d740c80355b2042bb 100644
--- a/testserver/docker_gitlab/templates/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/testserver/docker_gitlab/templates/docker-compose.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ services:
       - /srv/gitlab/conf:/etc/gitlab
       - /srv/gitlab/log:/var/log/gitlab
       - /srv/gitlab/data:/var/opt/gitlab
+    environment:
+      - GITLAB_LOG_LEVEL=error
     labels:
       - traefik.enable=true
       - traefik.http.routers.{{ servicename }}.rule=Host(`{{ domain }}`)