diff --git a/allianceauth/project_template/project_name/settings/base.py b/allianceauth/project_template/project_name/settings/base.py
index 72c1ddb8..c9a45b6f 100644
--- a/allianceauth/project_template/project_name/settings/base.py
+++ b/allianceauth/project_template/project_name/settings/base.py
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ LOGGING = {
             'backupCount': 5,  # edit this line to change number of log backups
         },
         'extension_file': {
-            'level': 'DEBUG',
+            'level': 'INFO',
             'class': 'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler',
             'filename': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'log/extensions.log'),
             'formatter': 'verbose',
diff --git a/allianceauth/project_template/project_name/settings/local.py b/allianceauth/project_template/project_name/settings/local.py
index 786bf38c..8761facb 100644
--- a/allianceauth/project_template/project_name/settings/local.py
+++ b/allianceauth/project_template/project_name/settings/local.py
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ INSTALLED_APPS += [
     
 ]
 
+# To change the logging level for extensions, uncomment the following line.
+# LOGGING['handlers']['extension_file']['level'] = 'DEBUG'
+
+
 # Enter credentials to use MySQL/MariaDB. Comment out to use sqlite3
 DATABASES['default'] = {
     'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
diff --git a/allianceauth/services/hooks.py b/allianceauth/services/hooks.py
index 10a30fa3..455319f3 100644
--- a/allianceauth/services/hooks.py
+++ b/allianceauth/services/hooks.py
@@ -14,20 +14,22 @@ def get_extension_logger(name):
     Takes the name of a plugin/extension and generates a child logger of the extensions logger
     to be used by the extension to log events to the extensions logger.
 
-    The logging level is decided by whether or not DEBUG is set to true in the project settings. If
-    DEBUG is set to false, then the logging level is set to INFO.
+    The logging level is determined by the level defined for the parent logger.
 
     :param: name: the name of the extension doing the logging
     :return: an extensions child logger
     """
+    if not isinstance(name, str):
+        raise TypeError(f"get_extension_logger takes an argument of type string."
+                        f"Instead received argument of type {type(name).__name__}.")
+
     import logging
-    from django.conf import settings
+
+    parent_logger = logging.getLogger('extensions')
 
     logger = logging.getLogger('extensions.' + name)
     logger.name = name
-    logger.level = logging.INFO
-    if settings.DEBUG:
-        logger.level = logging.DEBUG
+    logger.level = parent_logger.level
 
     return logger
 
diff --git a/docs/development/custom/logging.md b/docs/development/custom/logging.md
index edba7315..02c253eb 100644
--- a/docs/development/custom/logging.md
+++ b/docs/development/custom/logging.md
@@ -12,4 +12,22 @@ logger = get_extension_logger(__name__)
 ```
 
 This works by creating a child logger of the extension logger which propagates all log entries
-to the parent (extensions) logger.
\ No newline at end of file
+to the parent (extensions) logger.
+
+## Changing the Logging Level
+By default, the extension logger's level is set to `DEBUG`. 
+To change this, uncomment (or add) the following line in `local.py`.
+
+```python
+LOGGING['handlers']['extension_file']['level'] = 'INFO'
+```
+*(Remember to restart your supervisor workers after changes to `local.py`)*
+
+This will change the logger's level to the level you define.
+
+Options are: *(all options accept entries of levels listed below them)*
+* `DEBUG`
+* `INFO`
+* `WARNING`
+* `ERROR`
+* `CRITICAL`