diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index 634bd4a48..5175c8719 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Rails.application.configure do
   # config.force_ssl = true
 
   # Set to :debug to see everything in the log.
-  config.log_level = Rails.application.secrets.log_level || :debug
+  config.log_level = Rails.application.secrets.log_level.blank? ? :debug : Rails.application.secrets.log_level
 
   # Prepend all log lines with the following tags.
   # config.log_tags = [ :subdomain, :uuid ]
diff --git a/config/environments/staging.rb b/config/environments/staging.rb
index 71a8ceeb6..067ea2d1d 100644
--- a/config/environments/staging.rb
+++ b/config/environments/staging.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Rails.application.configure do
   # config.force_ssl = true
 
   # Set to :debug to see everything in the log.
-  config.log_level = Rails.application.secrets.log_level || :debug
+  config.log_level = Rails.application.secrets.log_level.blank? ? :debug : Rails.application.secrets.log_level
 
   # Prepend all log lines with the following tags.
   # config.log_tags = [ :subdomain, :uuid ]
diff --git a/config/environments/test.rb b/config/environments/test.rb
index c4634c92c..23135c381 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.rb
+++ b/config/environments/test.rb
@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@ Rails.application.configure do
 
   config.active_support.test_order = :random
 
-  config.log_level = Rails.application.secrets.log_level || :debug
+  config.log_level = Rails.application.secrets.log_level.blank? ? :debug : Rails.application.secrets.log_level
 end