diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0dd3bce1f..e5bac4406 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 * [\#1231](https://github.com/cosmos/relayer/pull/1231) Reduce get bech32 prefix when get signer.
 * [\#1302](https://github.com/cosmos/relayer/pull/1302) Avoid packet get relayed when estimated gas is higher than max gas.
 * [\#1303](https://github.com/cosmos/relayer/pull/1303) Add missing max gas amount on txf to avoid estimate less gas when simualte runTx.
+* [\#1324](https://github.com/cosmos/relayer/pull/1324) Add log-level in global config.
 * [\#1325](https://github.com/cosmos/relayer/pull/1325) Ignore only file not exist error when loadConfigFile.
 
 ## v0.9.3
diff --git a/cmd/appstate.go b/cmd/appstate.go
index 887be2cca..44aff4736 100644
--- a/cmd/appstate.go
+++ b/cmd/appstate.go
@@ -31,6 +31,22 @@ type appState struct {
 	config   *Config
 }
 
+func (a *appState) initLogger(configLogLevel string) error {
+	logLevel := a.viper.GetString("log-level")
+	if a.viper.GetBool("debug") {
+		logLevel = "debug"
+	} else if logLevel == "" {
+		logLevel = configLogLevel
+	}
+	log, err := newRootLogger(a.viper.GetString("log-format"), logLevel)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	a.log = log
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (a *appState) configPath() string {
 	return path.Join(a.homePath, "config", "config.yaml")
 }
@@ -60,6 +76,10 @@ func (a *appState) loadConfigFile(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error unmarshalling config: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	if a.log == nil {
+		a.initLogger(cfgWrapper.Global.LogLevel)
+	}
+
 	// retrieve the runtime configuration from the disk configuration.
 	newCfg, err := cfgWrapper.RuntimeConfig(ctx, a)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/config.go b/cmd/config.go
index 80ae95e4c..a6337ed94 100644
--- a/cmd/config.go
+++ b/cmd/config.go
@@ -492,6 +492,7 @@ type GlobalConfig struct {
 	Timeout        string `yaml:"timeout" json:"timeout"`
 	Memo           string `yaml:"memo" json:"memo"`
 	LightCacheSize int    `yaml:"light-cache-size" json:"light-cache-size"`
+	LogLevel       string `yaml:"log-level" json:"log-level"`
 }
 
 // newDefaultGlobalConfig returns a global config with defaults set
@@ -501,6 +502,7 @@ func newDefaultGlobalConfig(memo string) GlobalConfig {
 		Timeout:        "10s",
 		LightCacheSize: 20,
 		Memo:           memo,
+		LogLevel:       "info",
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 1a6cfc3d3..52e316055 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -73,17 +73,15 @@ func NewRootCmd(log *zap.Logger) *cobra.Command {
 
 	rootCmd.PersistentPreRunE = func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 		// Inside persistent pre-run because this takes effect after flags are parsed.
-		if log == nil {
-			log, err := newRootLogger(a.viper.GetString("log-format"), a.viper.GetBool("debug"))
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-
-			a.log = log
-		}
-
 		// reads `homeDir/config/config.yaml` into `a.Config`
-		return a.loadConfigFile(rootCmd.Context())
+		if err := a.loadConfigFile(rootCmd.Context()); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		// Inside persistent pre-run because this takes effect after flags are parsed.
+		if a.log == nil {
+			a.initLogger("")
+		}
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	rootCmd.PersistentPostRun = func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
@@ -108,6 +106,12 @@ func NewRootCmd(log *zap.Logger) *cobra.Command {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
+	// Register --log-level flag
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().String("log-level", "", "log level format (info, debug, warn, error, panic or fatal)")
+	if err := a.viper.BindPFlag("log-level", rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("log-level")); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
 	// Register subcommands
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(
 		configCmd(a),
@@ -171,7 +175,7 @@ func Execute() {
 	}
 }
 
-func newRootLogger(format string, debug bool) (*zap.Logger, error) {
+func newRootLogger(format string, logLevel string) (*zap.Logger, error) {
 	config := zap.NewProductionEncoderConfig()
 	config.EncodeTime = func(ts time.Time, encoder zapcore.PrimitiveArrayEncoder) {
 		encoder.AppendString(ts.UTC().Format("2006-01-02T15:04:05.000000Z07:00"))
@@ -191,8 +195,17 @@ func newRootLogger(format string, debug bool) (*zap.Logger, error) {
 	}
 
 	level := zap.InfoLevel
-	if debug {
+	switch logLevel {
+	case "debug":
 		level = zap.DebugLevel
+	case "warn":
+		level = zapcore.WarnLevel
+	case "error":
+		level = zapcore.ErrorLevel
+	case "panic":
+		level = zapcore.PanicLevel
+	case "fatal":
+		level = zapcore.FatalLevel
 	}
 	return zap.New(zapcore.NewCore(
 		enc,
diff --git a/examples/config_EXAMPLE.yaml b/examples/config_EXAMPLE.yaml
index dd4ad343d..900d9d608 100644
--- a/examples/config_EXAMPLE.yaml
+++ b/examples/config_EXAMPLE.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ global:
     timeout: 10s
     memo: ""
     light-cache-size: 20
+    log-level: "info"
 chains:
     cosmoshub:
         type: cosmos