diff --git a/src/livekit/useLiveKit.ts b/src/livekit/useLiveKit.ts
index fe1bec20..9949a69b 100644
--- a/src/livekit/useLiveKit.ts
+++ b/src/livekit/useLiveKit.ts
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ export type E2EEConfig = {
   sharedKey: string;
 };
 
-setLogLevel("debug");
-
 interface UseLivekitResult {
   livekitRoom?: Room;
   connState: ECConnectionState;
diff --git a/src/main.tsx b/src/main.tsx
index d04a3a94..0ec2bfae 100644
--- a/src/main.tsx
+++ b/src/main.tsx
@@ -23,13 +23,19 @@ import "matrix-js-sdk/src/browser-index";
 import { StrictMode } from "react";
 import { createRoot } from "react-dom/client";
 import { createBrowserHistory } from "history";
-
 import "./index.css";
+import { setLogLevel as setLKLogLevel } from "livekit-client";
+
 import App from "./App";
 import { init as initRageshake } from "./settings/rageshake";
 import { Initializer } from "./initializer";
 
 initRageshake();
+// set livekit's log level: we do this after initialising rageshakes because
+// we need rageshake to do its monkey patching first, so the livekit
+// logger gets the patched log funxction, so it picks up livekit's
+// logs.
+setLKLogLevel("debug");
 
 console.info(`Element Call ${import.meta.env.VITE_APP_VERSION || "dev"}`);