diff --git a/resources/log4j.properties b/resources/log4j.properties
index c9dff073aec37174f81e9f7246e6c69c3273c1e3..9147f6e6a319b6a4cdf3a877b4773cf48dcd0d53 100644
--- a/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ log4j.appender.metabase=metabase.logger.Appender
 
 # customizations to logging by package
 log4j.logger.metabase.driver=INFO
-log4j.logger.metabase.middleware=INFO
+log4j.logger.metabase.middleware=DEBUG
 log4j.logger.metabase.models.permissions=INFO
 log4j.logger.metabase.query-processor.permissions=INFO
 log4j.logger.metabase.query-processor=INFO