diff --git a/domainlab/algos/msels/c_msel_val.py b/domainlab/algos/msels/c_msel_val.py
index 3b7e3fad4..511bc3362 100644
--- a/domainlab/algos/msels/c_msel_val.py
+++ b/domainlab/algos/msels/c_msel_val.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def update(self):
         else:
             self.es_c += 1
             logger = Logger.get_logger()
-            logger.debug("early stop counter: ", self.es_c)
+            logger.debug(f"early stop counter: {self.es_c}")
             logger.debug(f"val acc:{self.tr_obs.metric_te['acc']}, "
                          f"best validation acc: {self.best_val_acc}")
             flag = False  # do not update best model
diff --git a/domainlab/arg_parser.py b/domainlab/arg_parser.py
index e0b73c792..53deb148a 100644
--- a/domainlab/arg_parser.py
+++ b/domainlab/arg_parser.py
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ def mk_parser_main():
     arg_group_task.add_argument('--san_num', type=int, default=8,
                                 help='number of images to be dumped for the sanity check')
 
-    arg_group_task.add_argument('--loglevel', type=str, default='INFO',
+    arg_group_task.add_argument('--loglevel', type=str, default='DEBUG',
                                 help='sets the loglevel of the logger')
 
     # args for variational auto encoder