diff --git a/src/drunc/process_manager/interface/commands.py b/src/drunc/process_manager/interface/commands.py
index 129f3ea78..095e62d09 100644
--- a/src/drunc/process_manager/interface/commands.py
+++ b/src/drunc/process_manager/interface/commands.py
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@
     default=True,
     help="Override logs, if --no-override-logs filenames have the timestamp of the run.",
 )
+@click.option(
+    "-cl",
+    "--controller-log-level",
+    default=None,
+    help="Overrides the config-defined log level of the controller",
+)
 @click.argument("configuration-file", type=str, callback=validate_conf_string)
 @click.argument("configuration-id", type=str)
 @click.argument("session-name", type=str)
@@ -41,6 +47,7 @@ def boot(
     configuration_file: str,
     configuration_id: str,
     override_logs: bool,
+    controller_log_level: bool | None,
 ) -> None:
     log = get_logger("process_manager.shell")
     processes = obj.get_driver("process_manager").ps(ProcessQuery(user=user))
@@ -60,7 +67,7 @@ def boot(
             conf_id=configuration_id,
             user=user,
             session_name=session_name,
-            log_level="INFO",  ## Unused anyway!!
+            log_level=controller_log_level,
             override_logs=override_logs,
         )
         for result in results:
diff --git a/src/drunc/process_manager/process_manager_driver.py b/src/drunc/process_manager/process_manager_driver.py
index 1f9e50aeb..42b9e35c2 100644
--- a/src/drunc/process_manager/process_manager_driver.py
+++ b/src/drunc/process_manager/process_manager_driver.py
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ def close(self) -> None:
         except Exception as e:
             self.log.error(f"Error closing gRPC channel: {e}", exc_info=True)
 
+    def update_controller_logs(self, ctrl_dal, level):
+        ctrl_dal.controller_log_level = level
+        return ctrl_dal
+
     # ----- Boot workflow -----
     def boot(
         self,
@@ -90,7 +94,7 @@ def boot(
         conf_id: str,
         user: str,
         session_name: str,
-        log_level: str,
+        log_level: str | None = None,
         override_logs: bool = True,
         timeout: int | float = 60,
         sleep_between_app_boot: (
@@ -109,6 +113,10 @@ def boot(
         # Step 3 - check for port conflicts and update configuration/DAL as needed
         db, session_dal = self.check_port_conflicts(db, session_dal)
 
+        # Step 3.25 - Update controller dal for vibey reasons
+        if log_level:
+            session_dal = self.update_controller_logs(session_dal, log_level)
+
         # Step 4 - connect to the connection service
         csc, connection_server, connection_port = self._connect_to_service(
             session_dal, session_name
diff --git a/src/drunc/unified_shell/commands.py b/src/drunc/unified_shell/commands.py
index f1c730126..e094a4dc4 100644
--- a/src/drunc/unified_shell/commands.py
+++ b/src/drunc/unified_shell/commands.py
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
     default=None,
     help="Manual override allows for overwriting logs or not, by appending timestamp info. Default (None) is to follow what is used in the initialisation of the unified shell.",
 )
+@click.option(
+    "-cl",
+    "--controller-log-level",
+    default=None,
+    help="Overrides the config-defined log level of the controller",
+)
 @click.option(
     "--sleep-between-app-boot",
     type=float,
@@ -29,6 +35,7 @@
 def boot(
     obj: ProcessManagerContext,
     override_logs: bool | None,
+    controller_log_level: bool | None,
     sleep_between_app_boot: int | float = 0,
 ) -> None:
     log = get_logger("unified_shell.boot")
@@ -58,7 +65,7 @@ def boot(
             conf_id=obj.configuration_id,
             user=user,
             session_name=session_name,
-            log_level="INFO",  # Unused anyway !!
+            log_level=controller_log_level,
             override_logs=override_logs_boot,
             sleep_between_app_boot=sleep_between_app_boot,
         )