diff --git a/contrib/epee/src/mlog.cpp b/contrib/epee/src/mlog.cpp
index 00d848388..9b6b832d1 100644
--- a/contrib/epee/src/mlog.cpp
+++ b/contrib/epee/src/mlog.cpp
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static const char *get_default_categories(int level)
       categories = "*:WARNING,net:FATAL,net.http:FATAL,net.p2p:FATAL,net.cn:FATAL,global:INFO,verify:FATAL,stacktrace:INFO,logging:INFO,msgwriter:INFO";
       break;
     case 1:
-      categories = "*:INFO,global:INFO,stacktrace:INFO,logging:INFO,msgwriter:INFO";
+      categories = "*:INFO,global:INFO,stacktrace:INFO,logging:INFO,msgwriter:INFO,perf.*:DEBUG";
       break;
     case 2:
       categories = "*:DEBUG";
diff --git a/src/common/perf_timer.h b/src/common/perf_timer.h
index 584434a0d..267f94161 100644
--- a/src/common/perf_timer.h
+++ b/src/common/perf_timer.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ protected:
 class LoggingPerformanceTimer: public PerformanceTimer
 {
 public:
-  LoggingPerformanceTimer(const std::string &s, const std::string &cat, uint64_t unit, el::Level l = el::Level::Debug);
+  LoggingPerformanceTimer(const std::string &s, const std::string &cat, uint64_t unit, el::Level l = el::Level::Info);
   ~LoggingPerformanceTimer();
 
 private: