diff --git a/main/User_config.h b/main/User_config.h
index 82cf567816..390df6e90f 100644
--- a/main/User_config.h
+++ b/main/User_config.h
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ const byte mac[] = {0xDE, 0xED, 0xBA, 0xFE, 0x54, 0x95}; //W5100 ethernet shield
 #ifndef WifiManager_TimeOut
 #  define WifiManager_TimeOut 5
 #endif
+#ifndef WM_DEBUG_LEVEL
+#  define WM_DEBUG_LEVEL 1 // valid values are: DEBUG_ERROR = 0, DEBUG_NOTIFY = 1, DEBUG_VERBOSE = 2, DEBUG_DEV = 3, DEBUG_MAX = 4
+#endif
 
 /*-------------DEFINE YOUR ADVANCED NETWORK PARAMETERS BELOW----------------*/
 //#define MDNS_SD //uncomment if you  want to use mdns for discovering automatically your ip server, please note that MDNS with ESP32 can cause the BLE to not work
diff --git a/main/main.ino b/main/main.ino
index 964282781c..9a51162bc4 100644
--- a/main/main.ino
+++ b/main/main.ino
@@ -1082,6 +1082,8 @@ void setup_wifimanager(bool reset_settings) {
     }
   }
 
+  wifiManager.setDebugOutput(WM_DEBUG_LEVEL);
+
   // The extra parameters to be configured (can be either global or just in the setup)
   // After connecting, parameter.getValue() will get you the configured value
   // id/name placeholder/prompt default length