diff --git a/agent/go.mod b/agent/go.mod
index 15884fac8..9595ba64d 100644
--- a/agent/go.mod
+++ b/agent/go.mod
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.5.0
 	github.com/google/martian v2.1.0+incompatible
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2
+	github.com/op/go-logging v0.0.0-20160315200505-970db520ece7 // indirect
 	github.com/orcaman/concurrent-map v0.0.0-20210106121528-16402b402231
 	github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible
 	github.com/romana/rlog v0.0.0-20171115192701-f018bc92e7d7
diff --git a/agent/main.go b/agent/main.go
index acb29507a..0bfe370a7 100644
--- a/agent/main.go
+++ b/agent/main.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gin-contrib/static"
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
+	"github.com/op/go-logging"
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/shared"
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/shared/logger"
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/tap"
@@ -40,7 +41,12 @@ var extensions []*tapApi.Extension             // global
 var extensionsMap map[string]*tapApi.Extension // global
 
 func main() {
-	logger.InitLoggerStderrOnly()
+	logLevel := logging.INFO
+	debugMode := os.Getenv(shared.DebugModeEnvVar) == "1"
+	if debugMode {
+		logLevel = logging.DEBUG
+	}
+	logger.InitLoggerStderrOnly(logLevel)
 	flag.Parse()
 	loadExtensions()
 
diff --git a/cli/kubernetes/provider.go b/cli/kubernetes/provider.go
index 40882b54e..3cae70685 100644
--- a/cli/kubernetes/provider.go
+++ b/cli/kubernetes/provider.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 	"io"
 
+	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/config"
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/mizu"
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/shared"
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/tap/api"
@@ -195,6 +196,11 @@ func (provider *Provider) CreateMizuApiServerPod(ctx context.Context, opts *ApiS
 
 	port := intstr.FromInt(shared.DefaultApiServerPort)
 
+	debugMode := ""
+	if config.Config.DumpLogs {
+		debugMode = "1"
+	}
+
 	pod := &core.Pod{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      opts.PodName,
@@ -223,6 +229,10 @@ func (provider *Provider) CreateMizuApiServerPod(ctx context.Context, opts *ApiS
 							Name:  shared.MaxEntriesDBSizeBytesEnvVar,
 							Value: strconv.FormatInt(opts.MaxEntriesDBSizeBytes, 10),
 						},
+						{
+							Name:  shared.DebugModeEnvVar,
+							Value: debugMode,
+						},
 					},
 					Resources: core.ResourceRequirements{
 						Limits: core.ResourceList{
@@ -524,6 +534,11 @@ func (provider *Provider) ApplyMizuTapperDaemonSet(ctx context.Context, namespac
 		"--nodefrag",
 	}
 
+	debugMode := ""
+	if config.Config.DumpLogs {
+		debugMode = "1"
+	}
+
 	agentContainer := applyconfcore.Container()
 	agentContainer.WithName(tapperPodName)
 	agentContainer.WithImage(podImage)
@@ -531,6 +546,7 @@ func (provider *Provider) ApplyMizuTapperDaemonSet(ctx context.Context, namespac
 	agentContainer.WithSecurityContext(applyconfcore.SecurityContext().WithPrivileged(true))
 	agentContainer.WithCommand(mizuCmd...)
 	agentContainer.WithEnv(
+		applyconfcore.EnvVar().WithName(shared.DebugModeEnvVar).WithValue(debugMode),
 		applyconfcore.EnvVar().WithName(shared.HostModeEnvVar).WithValue("1"),
 		applyconfcore.EnvVar().WithName(shared.TappedAddressesPerNodeDictEnvVar).WithValue(string(nodeToTappedPodIPMapJsonStr)),
 		applyconfcore.EnvVar().WithName(shared.GoGCEnvVar).WithValue("12800"),
diff --git a/shared/consts.go b/shared/consts.go
index 6de052da1..cf4d6f208 100644
--- a/shared/consts.go
+++ b/shared/consts.go
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ const (
 	RulePolicyFileName               = "enforce-policy.yaml"
 	GoGCEnvVar                       = "GOGC"
 	DefaultApiServerPort             = 8899
+	DebugModeEnvVar                  = "MIZU_DEBUG"
 )
diff --git a/shared/logger/logger.go b/shared/logger/logger.go
index e8f82e91e..305246550 100644
--- a/shared/logger/logger.go
+++ b/shared/logger/logger.go
@@ -29,13 +29,10 @@ func InitLogger(logPath string) {
 	logging.SetBackend(backend1Leveled, backend2Formatter)
 }
 
-func InitLoggerStderrOnly() {
-	consoleLog := logging.NewLogBackend(os.Stderr, "", 0)
+func InitLoggerStderrOnly(level logging.Level) {
+	backend := logging.NewLogBackend(os.Stderr, "", 0)
+	backendFormatter := logging.NewBackendFormatter(backend, format)
 
-	backend1Formatter := logging.NewBackendFormatter(consoleLog, format)
-
-	backend1Leveled := logging.AddModuleLevel(consoleLog)
-	backend1Leveled.SetLevel(logging.DEBUG, "")
-
-	logging.SetBackend(backend1Leveled, backend1Formatter)
+	logging.SetBackend(backendFormatter)
+	logging.SetLevel(level, "")
 }