diff --git a/src/keria/__init__.py b/src/keria/__init__.py
index 183f150d..ebbb4063 100644
--- a/src/keria/__init__.py
+++ b/src/keria/__init__.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 log_format_str = f"%(asctime)s [{log_name}] %(levelname)-8s %(module)s.%(funcName)s-%(lineno)s %(message)s"
 
 ogler = ogling.initOgler(prefix=log_name, syslogged=False)
+keriLogger = ogler.getLogger()
 ogler.level = logging.INFO
 
 formatter = TruncatedFormatter(log_format_str)
@@ -28,4 +29,5 @@
 def set_log_level(loglevel, logger):
     """Set the log level for the logger."""
     ogler.level = logging.getLevelName(loglevel.upper())
+    keriLogger.setLevel(ogler.level)
     logger.setLevel(ogler.level)
diff --git a/tests/test_init.py b/tests/test_init.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3178d39f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_init.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Test for keria.__init__
+"""
+
+import logging
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import Mock
+import keria
+
+
+class TestKeriaInit(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_set_log_level_with_debug(self):
+        mock_logger = Mock()
+        keria.set_log_level("DEBUG", mock_logger)
+        self.assertEqual(keria.ogler.level, logging.DEBUG)
+        mock_logger.setLevel.assert_called_with(logging.DEBUG)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()