diff --git a/api/src/Accounts/Import.php b/api/src/Accounts/Import.php
index 19e2ea8343..5aae69d57c 100644
--- a/api/src/Accounts/Import.php
+++ b/api/src/Accounts/Import.php
@@ -157,22 +157,23 @@ class Import
 			call_user_func($this->_logger, $message, $level);
 		}
 
+		$loglevel = $GLOBALS['egw_info']['server']['account_import_loglevel'] ?? 'info';
+		if ($loglevel === 'info' && in_array($level, ['debug', 'detail']) ||
+			$loglevel === 'detail' && $level === 'debug')
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+
 		// log to file too
 		$log = $GLOBALS['egw_info']['server']['files_dir'].'/'.self::LOG_FILE;
 		if (!file_exists($dir=dirname($log)) && !mkdir($dir) || !is_dir($dir) ||
 			!($fp = fopen($log, 'a+')))
 		{
-			if (!in_array($level, ['debug', 'detail']))
-			{
-				error_log(__METHOD__.' '.strtoupper($level).' '.$message);
-			}
+			error_log(__METHOD__.' '.strtoupper($level).' '.$message);
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			if ($this->_logger || !in_array($level, ['debug', 'detail']))
-			{
 				fwrite($fp, date('Y-m-d H:i:s O').' '.strtoupper($level).' '.$message."\n");
-			}
 		}
 		if (!empty($fp)) fclose($fp);
 	}
@@ -908,7 +909,7 @@ class Import
 			$import = new self();
 			$import->logger(date('Y-m-d H:i:s O').' LDAP account import started', 'info');
 			$import->run(false);
-			$import->logger(date('Y-m-d H:i:s O').' LDAP account import finished'.(!empty($fp)?"\n":''), 'info');
+			$import->logger(date('Y-m-d H:i:s O').' LDAP account import finished', 'info');
 		}
 		catch (\InvalidArgumentException $e) {
 			_egw_log_exception($e);
@@ -918,7 +919,7 @@ class Import
 		}
 		catch (\Exception $e) {
 			_egw_log_exception($e);
-			$import->logger('Error: '.$e->getMessage());
+			$import->logger('Error: '.$e->getMessage(), 'fatal');
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/setup/templates/default/config.tpl b/setup/templates/default/config.tpl
index 31fcc1ed59..ff6d273ea5 100644
--- a/setup/templates/default/config.tpl
+++ b/setup/templates/default/config.tpl
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
      <select name="newsettings[auth_type]">
 {hook_auth_types}
      </select>
+     <input type="hidden" value="" name="newsettings[auth_log]"/>
      <label><input type="checkbox" value="True" {checked_auth_log_True} name="newsettings[auth_log]"/>
 {lang_Enable_logging_of_authentication_to_files-directory}: auth.log</label>
     </td>
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@
   <tr class="row_off">
     <td>{lang_Fallback_Authentication}:</td>
     <td>
+      <input type="hidden" value="" name="newsettings[auth_fallback]"/>
       <label><input type="checkbox" value="True" {checked_auth_fallback_True} name="newsettings[auth_fallback]"/>
 {lang_If_primary_authentication_is_NOT_successful_fall_back_to_passwords_synced_into_account-storage}</label>
     </td>
@@ -495,7 +497,7 @@
       <option value="deactivate" {selected_account_import_delete_deactivate}>{lang_Deactivate_user}</option>
       <option value="no" {selected_account_import_delete_no}>{lang_Do_NOT_check_for_deleted_user}</option>
      </select>
-    <br/><i>Deleting or disabling no longer existing accounts works currently only by using manual inital import!</i>
+    <br/><i>Deleting or disabling no longer existing accounts works currently only by using manual initial import!</i>
     </td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="row_off">
@@ -505,7 +507,12 @@
      <input type="number" name="newsettings[account_import_frequency]" style="width: 3em" value="{value_account_import_frequency}"/>
      {lang_hours_at}
      <input type="time" name="newsettings[account_import_time]" value="{value_account_import_time}"/>
-     {lang_logs_to}: {value_files_dir}/setup/account-import.log
+     {lang_Log-Level}: <select name="newsettings[account_import_loglevel]">
+      <option value="info" {selected_account_import_loglevel_info}>Info</option>
+      <option value="detail" {selected_account_import_loglevel_detail}>Detail</option>
+      <option value="debug" {selected_account_import_loglevel_debug}>Debug</option>
+     </select>
+     <br/>{lang_logs_to}: {value_files_dir}/setup/account-import.log
     </td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="row_on">