diff --git a/utils/general.py b/utils/general.py
index 9fc7349dbb6d..a3e242d78a17 100755
--- a/utils/general.py
+++ b/utils/general.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def set_logging(name=None, verbose=VERBOSE):
         for h in logging.root.handlers:
             logging.root.removeHandler(h)  # remove all handlers associated with the root logger object
     rank = int(os.getenv('RANK', -1))  # rank in world for Multi-GPU trainings
-    level = logging.INFO if verbose and rank in {-1, 0} else logging.WARNING
+    level = logging.INFO if verbose and rank in {-1, 0} else logging.ERROR
     log = logging.getLogger(name)
     log.setLevel(level)
     handler = logging.StreamHandler()