diff --git a/side-node/src/bitcoin/driver/mod.rs b/side-node/src/bitcoin/driver/mod.rs
index dfa3347..47b5066 100644
--- a/side-node/src/bitcoin/driver/mod.rs
+++ b/side-node/src/bitcoin/driver/mod.rs
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ async fn setup() -> Result<(BitcoinClient, BitcoinClient), anyhow::Error> {
 }
 
 fn tracing_setup() {
-    tracing_subscriber::registry()
-        .with(fmt::layer())
-        .with(EnvFilter::from_default_env())
-        .init();
+    // show only info level logs and above:
+    let info = filter::LevelFilter::from_level(Level::INFO);
+
+    // set up the tracing subscriber:
+    let subscriber = Registry::default().with(fmt::layer().with_filter(info));
+    tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(subscriber).unwrap();
 
     tracing::info!("Tracing initialized.");
 }