diff --git a/ircd/logger.cc b/ircd/logger.cc
index 2f9dcdbe3..01f83f1e8 100644
--- a/ircd/logger.cc
+++ b/ircd/logger.cc
@@ -117,9 +117,18 @@ ircd::log::hook;
 void
 ircd::log::init()
 {
+	// DEBUG is very noisy so it always starts off by default unless -debug
 	if(!ircd::debugmode)
 		console_disable(level::DEBUG);
 
+	// In non-debug-mode compilation we don't want DWARNING and DERROR
+	// messages which weren't DCE'ed to be displayed by default.
+	if(!RB_DEBUG_LEVEL && !ircd::debugmode)
+	{
+		console_disable(level::DERROR);
+		console_disable(level::DWARNING);
+	}
+
 	if(ircd::write_avoid)
 		return;