diff --git a/encfs/Error.cpp b/encfs/Error.cpp
index 4f277e3..c4f6d79 100644
--- a/encfs/Error.cpp
+++ b/encfs/Error.cpp
@@ -6,4 +6,17 @@ el::base::DispatchAction rlogAction = el::base::DispatchAction::NormalLog;
 
 Error::Error(const char *msg) : runtime_error(msg) {}
 
+void initLogging(bool enable_debug) {
+  el::Loggers::addFlag(el::LoggingFlag::ColoredTerminalOutput);
+
+  el::Configurations defaultConf;
+  defaultConf.setToDefault();
+  defaultConf.set(el::Level::Verbose, el::ConfigurationType::Format,
+                  std::string("%datetime %level [%fbase:%line] %msg"));
+  if (!enable_debug) {
+    defaultConf.set(el::Level::Debug, el::ConfigurationType::Enabled, "false");
+  }
+  el::Loggers::reconfigureLogger("default", defaultConf);
+}
+
 }  // namespace encfs
diff --git a/encfs/Error.h b/encfs/Error.h
index 56415ca..bcedd43 100644
--- a/encfs/Error.h
+++ b/encfs/Error.h
@@ -23,14 +23,7 @@ class Error : public std::runtime_error {
     }                                                \
   } while (0)
 
-inline void initLogging() {
-  el::Configurations defaultConf;
-  defaultConf.setToDefault();
-  defaultConf.set(el::Level::Verbose, el::ConfigurationType::Format,
-                  std::string("%datetime %level [%fbase:%line] %msg"));
-  el::Loggers::reconfigureLogger("default", defaultConf);
-  el::Loggers::addFlag(el::LoggingFlag::ColoredTerminalOutput);
-}
+void initLogging(bool enable_debug = false);
 
 // This can be changed to change log action between normal and syslog logging.
 // Not thread-safe, so any change must occur outside of threading context.
diff --git a/encfs/main.cpp b/encfs/main.cpp
index c8936e7..d3cf573 100644
--- a/encfs/main.cpp
+++ b/encfs/main.cpp
@@ -524,8 +524,6 @@ void *encfs_init(fuse_conn_info *conn) {
 void encfs_destroy(void *_ctx) {}
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-  encfs::initLogging();
-
 #if defined(ENABLE_NLS) && defined(LOCALEDIR)
   setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
   bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
@@ -547,6 +545,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     el::Loggers::setVerboseLevel(1);
   }
 
+  encfs::initLogging(encfsArgs->isVerbose);
+
   VLOG(1) << "Root directory: " << encfsArgs->opts->rootDir;
   VLOG(1) << "Fuse arguments: " << encfsArgs->toString();