diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 9019d46b6..8487aafdc 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Misc:
  - GBA: Exit cleanly on FATAL if the port supports it
  - Qt: Handle a game crash without crashing
  - GBA Audio: Change internal audio sample buffer from 32-bit to 16-bit samples
+ - Qt: Set default log level to FATAL, ERROR and WARN
 
 0.1.0: (2014-12-13)
  - Initial release
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/ConfigController.cpp b/src/platform/qt/ConfigController.cpp
index 2684c1064..86616864a 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/ConfigController.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/ConfigController.cpp
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ ConfigController::ConfigController(QObject* parent)
 	m_opts.videoSync = GameController::VIDEO_SYNC;
 	m_opts.fpsTarget = 60;
 	m_opts.audioBuffers = 2048;
+	m_opts.logLevel = GBA_LOG_WARN | GBA_LOG_ERROR | GBA_LOG_FATAL;
 	GBAConfigLoadDefaults(&m_config, &m_opts);
 	GBAConfigLoad(&m_config);
 	GBAConfigMap(&m_config, &m_opts);