diff --git a/src/rkd/context.py b/src/rkd/context.py
index 96f708a4..d3777762 100644
--- a/src/rkd/context.py
+++ b/src/rkd/context.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from .syntax import TaskDeclaration, TaskAliasDeclaration, GroupDeclaration
 from .contract import ContextInterface
 from .argparsing import CommandlineParsingHelper
-from .inputoutput import SystemIO, LEVEL_WARNING as LOG_LEVEL_WARNING
+from .inputoutput import SystemIO, LEVEL_INFO as LOG_LEVEL_INFO
 from .exception import TaskNotFoundException
 
 
@@ -168,6 +168,6 @@ def create_unified_context(self, chdir: str = '') -> Context:
         # system wide IO instance with defaults, the :init task should override those settings
         ctx.io = SystemIO()
         ctx.io.silent = True
-        ctx.io.log_level = LOG_LEVEL_WARNING
+        ctx.io.log_level = LOG_LEVEL_INFO
 
         return ctx
diff --git a/src/rkd/inputoutput.py b/src/rkd/inputoutput.py
index e851a54f..3afeac01 100644
--- a/src/rkd/inputoutput.py
+++ b/src/rkd/inputoutput.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class IO:
     """ Interacting with input and output - stdout/stderr/stdin, logging """
 
     silent = False
-    log_level = LEVEL_ERROR
+    log_level = LEVEL_INFO
 
     @contextmanager
     def capture_descriptors(self, target_file: str = None):