diff --git a/libraries/app/config_util.cpp b/libraries/app/config_util.cpp
index 797e3131..7b40d468 100644
--- a/libraries/app/config_util.cpp
+++ b/libraries/app/config_util.cpp
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ static fc::optional<fc::logging_config> load_logging_config_from_ini_file(const
             console_appender_config.level_colors.emplace_back(
             fc::console_appender::level_color(fc::log_level::error,
                                               fc::console_appender::color::cyan));
-            console_appender_config.stream = fc::variant(stream_name).as<fc::console_appender::stream::type>();
-            logging_config.appenders.push_back(fc::appender_config(console_appender_name, "console", fc::variant(console_appender_config)));            
+            console_appender_config.stream = fc::variant(stream_name).as<fc::console_appender::stream::type>(GRAPHENE_MAX_NESTED_OBJECTS);
+            logging_config.appenders.push_back(fc::appender_config(console_appender_name, "console", fc::variant(console_appender_config, GRAPHENE_MAX_NESTED_OBJECTS)));
             found_logging_config = true;
          }
          else if (boost::starts_with(section_name, file_appender_section_prefix))
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static fc::optional<fc::logging_config> load_logging_config_from_ini_file(const
             std::string level_string = section_tree.get<std::string>("level");
             std::string appenders_string = section_tree.get<std::string>("appenders");
             fc::logger_config logger_config(logger_name);
-            logger_config.level = fc::variant(level_string).as<fc::log_level>();
+            logger_config.level = fc::variant(level_string).as<fc::log_level>(5);
             boost::split(logger_config.appenders, appenders_string,
                          boost::is_any_of(" ,"),
                          boost::token_compress_on);