diff --git a/pkg/event-consumers/kafka/kafka-consumer.go b/pkg/event-consumers/kafka/kafka-consumer.go
index 5200e3bd..3cd89090 100644
--- a/pkg/event-consumers/kafka/kafka-consumer.go
+++ b/pkg/event-consumers/kafka/kafka-consumer.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ var (
 	stoppedM  map[string](chan struct{})
 	consumerM map[string]bool
 	brokers   string
+	logLevel  string
 	config    *cluster.Config
 )
 
@@ -40,6 +41,15 @@ func init() {
 	stoppedM = make(map[string](chan struct{}))
 	consumerM = make(map[string]bool)
 
+	//logrus initialization
+	// taking log level from env var
+	logLevel = os.Getenv("KUBELESS_LOG_LEVEL")
+	if logLevel == "DEBUG" {
+		logrus.SetLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
+	} else {
+		logrus.SetLevel(logrus.InfoLevel)
+	}
+
 	// Init config
 	// taking brokers from env var
 	brokers = os.Getenv("KAFKA_BROKERS")
@@ -92,8 +102,8 @@ func createConsumerProcess(broker, topic, funcName, ns, consumerGroupID string,
 		select {
 		case msg, more := <-consumer.Messages():
 			if more {
-				logrus.Infof("Received Kafka message Partition: %d Offset: %d Key: %s Value: %s ", msg.Partition, msg.Offset, string(msg.Key), string(msg.Value))
-				logrus.Infof("Sending message %s to function %s", msg, funcName)
+				logrus.Debugf("Received Kafka message Partition: %d Offset: %d Key: %s Value: %s ", msg.Partition, msg.Offset, string(msg.Key), string(msg.Value))
+				logrus.Debugf("Sending message %s to function %s", msg, funcName)
 				consumer.MarkOffset(msg, "")
 				go func() {
 					req, err := utils.GetHTTPReq(clientset, funcName, ns, "kafkatriggers.kubeless.io", "POST", string(msg.Value))