diff --git a/libraries/wallet/wallet.cpp b/libraries/wallet/wallet.cpp
index fe9f7c30..0bbf305a 100644
--- a/libraries/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/libraries/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -1100,6 +1100,8 @@ public:
       if( wallet_filename == "" )
          wallet_filename = _wallet_filename;
 
+      ilog( "saving wallet to file ${fn}", ("fn", wallet_filename) );
+
       string data = fc::json::to_pretty_string( _wallet );
       try
       {
diff --git a/programs/cli_wallet/main.cpp b/programs/cli_wallet/main.cpp
index 9cb8750d..b7abdabe 100644
--- a/programs/cli_wallet/main.cpp
+++ b/programs/cli_wallet/main.cpp
@@ -113,11 +113,13 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
       cfg.appenders.push_back(fc::appender_config( "rpc", "file", fc::variant(ac, 5)));
 
       cfg.loggers = { fc::logger_config("default"), fc::logger_config( "rpc") };
-      cfg.loggers.front().level = fc::log_level::info;
+      cfg.loggers.front().level = fc::log_level::warn;
       cfg.loggers.front().appenders = {"default"};
-      cfg.loggers.back().level = fc::log_level::debug;
+      cfg.loggers.back().level = fc::log_level::info;
       cfg.loggers.back().appenders = {"rpc"};
 
+      fc::configure_logging( cfg );
+
       fc::ecc::private_key committee_private_key = fc::ecc::private_key::regenerate(fc::sha256::hash(string("null_key")));
 
       idump( (key_to_wif( committee_private_key ) ) );