diff --git a/packages/forest_admin_agent/lib/forest_admin_agent/services/logger_service.rb b/packages/forest_admin_agent/lib/forest_admin_agent/services/logger_service.rb
index da84b42d4..3b28a2e4d 100644
--- a/packages/forest_admin_agent/lib/forest_admin_agent/services/logger_service.rb
+++ b/packages/forest_admin_agent/lib/forest_admin_agent/services/logger_service.rb
@@ -9,13 +9,16 @@ class LoggerService
         'Info' => Logger::INFO,
         'Debug' => Logger::DEBUG,
         'Warn' => Logger::WARN,
-        'Error' => Logger::ERROR
+        'Error' => Logger::ERROR,
+        'Fatal' => Logger::FATAL,
+        'Unknown' => Logger::UNKNOWN
       }.freeze
 
       def initialize(logger_level = 'Info', logger = nil)
         @logger_level = logger_level
         @logger = logger
         @default_logger = MonoLogger.new($stdout)
+        @default_logger.level = get_level(@logger_level) || Logger::INFO
       end
 
       def log(level, message)
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ def log(level, message)
       end
 
       def get_level(level)
-        LEVELS[level]
+        LEVELS[level.to_s.capitalize]
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/packages/forest_admin_agent/spec/lib/forest_admin_agent/services/logger_service_spec.rb b/packages/forest_admin_agent/spec/lib/forest_admin_agent/services/logger_service_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9cc6d6837
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/forest_admin_agent/spec/lib/forest_admin_agent/services/logger_service_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+module ForestAdminAgent
+  module Services
+    describe LoggerService do
+      describe 'default logger level' do
+        it 'defaults to Info' do
+          service = described_class.new
+
+          expect(service.default_logger.level).to eq(Logger::INFO)
+        end
+
+        it 'applies the configured level to the default logger' do
+          service = described_class.new('Warn')
+
+          expect(service.default_logger.level).to eq(Logger::WARN)
+        end
+
+        it 'is case-insensitive, so the config-style lowercase levels work too' do
+          service = described_class.new('debug')
+
+          expect(service.default_logger.level).to eq(Logger::DEBUG)
+        end
+
+        it 'falls back to Info when given an unknown level' do
+          service = described_class.new('nonsense')
+
+          expect(service.default_logger.level).to eq(Logger::INFO)
+        end
+
+        it 'supports Fatal, the quietest level' do
+          service = described_class.new('Fatal')
+
+          expect(service.default_logger.level).to eq(Logger::FATAL)
+        end
+
+        it 'supports Unknown' do
+          service = described_class.new('Unknown')
+
+          expect(service.default_logger.level).to eq(Logger::UNKNOWN)
+        end
+      end
+
+      describe '#log' do
+        it 'filters out messages below the configured level on the default logger' do
+          # MonoLogger captures the $stdout object at construction time, so the service
+          # has to be built inside the block for RSpec's stdout swap to reach its writes.
+          expect do
+            described_class.new('Warn').log('Info', 'hidden')
+          end.not_to output(/hidden/).to_stdout
+        end
+
+        it 'still emits messages at or above the configured level' do
+          expect do
+            described_class.new('Warn').log('Warn', 'shown')
+          end.to output(/shown/).to_stdout
+        end
+
+        it 'delegates to a custom logger regardless of logger_level' do
+          custom_logger = 'proc { |severity, message| $stdout.puts "custom:#{severity}:#{message}" }' # rubocop:disable Lint/InterpolationCheck
+          service = described_class.new('Error', custom_logger)
+
+          expect { service.log('Info', 'hello') }.to output(/custom:1:hello/).to_stdout
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end