diff --git a/guest/forwarder_guest_launcher/src/main.rs b/guest/forwarder_guest_launcher/src/main.rs
index f4c8ca9..cb8b6a6 100644
--- a/guest/forwarder_guest_launcher/src/main.rs
+++ b/guest/forwarder_guest_launcher/src/main.rs
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    env_logger::init();
+    env_logger::builder().filter_level(log::LevelFilter::Debug).init();
     debug!("Starting forwarder_guest_launcher");
     let args = Args::parse();
     let gateway_ip_addr = netdev::get_default_gateway()?.ipv4[0];
diff --git a/guest/shutdown_runner/Cargo.toml b/guest/shutdown_runner/Cargo.toml
index 0b44baa..92f8762 100644
--- a/guest/shutdown_runner/Cargo.toml
+++ b/guest/shutdown_runner/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.94"
 clap = { version = "4.5.20", features = ["derive"] }
+env_logger = "0.11.5"
 log = "0.4.22"
 netdev = "0.31.0"
 prost = "0.13.3"
diff --git a/guest/shutdown_runner/src/main.rs b/guest/shutdown_runner/src/main.rs
index aee5915..397c205 100644
--- a/guest/shutdown_runner/src/main.rs
+++ b/guest/shutdown_runner/src/main.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    env_logger::builder().filter_level(log::LevelFilter::Debug).init();
     let args = Args::parse();
     let gateway_ip_addr = netdev::get_default_gateway()?.ipv4[0];