diff --git a/config.example.toml b/config.example.toml
index 17f6f93..5818484 100644
--- a/config.example.toml
+++ b/config.example.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [general]
+# must be one of "error", "warning", "info" or "debug"
 debug = "info"
 
 # worker_type must be one of "releasing" or "recording"
diff --git a/voctopublish/voctopublish.py b/voctopublish/voctopublish.py
index cb58283..e8ffb8a 100755
--- a/voctopublish/voctopublish.py
+++ b/voctopublish/voctopublish.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 logging.addLevelName(logging.DEBUG, "\033[1;85mDEBUG\033[1;0m")
 
 logging.basicConfig(
-    level=CONFIG["general"]["debug"],
+    level=CONFIG["general"]["debug"].upper(),
     format="%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s {%(filename)s:%(lineno)d} %(message)s",
 )