diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index fca1ed55a2..6acc5b7061 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ use sqlx::mysql::MySqlPoolOptions;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 const DEFAULT_BIND_ADDRESS : &'static str = "0.0.0.0:12345";
-const DEFAULT_RUST_LOG: &'static str = "debug,actix_web=info";
+
+// NB: sqlx::query is spammy and logs all queries as "info"-level
+const DEFAULT_RUST_LOG: &'static str = "debug,actix_web=info,sqlx::query=warn";
 
 pub type AnyhowResult<T> = anyhow::Result<T>;
 
diff --git a/src/tts_download_job.rs b/src/tts_download_job.rs
index d0b8b9efb3..17b62a7b3b 100644
--- a/src/tts_download_job.rs
+++ b/src/tts_download_job.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ const ENV_REGION_NAME : &'static str = "REGION_NAME";
 const ENV_BUCKET_NAME : &'static str = "TTS_DOWNLOAD_BUCKET_NAME";
 const ENV_BUCKET_ROOT : &'static str = "TTS_DOWNLOAD_BUCKET_ROOT";
 
-const DEFAULT_RUST_LOG: &'static str = "debug,actix_web=info";
+// NB: sqlx::query is spammy and logs all queries as "info"-level
+const DEFAULT_RUST_LOG: &'static str = "debug,actix_web=info,sqlx::query=warn";
 const DEFAULT_TEMP_DIR: &'static str = "/tmp";
 
 struct Downloader {