diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/run-tests.js b/app/assets/javascripts/run-tests.js
index ad1de1989..5165dd49d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/run-tests.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/run-tests.js
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 // Hooks into the test view logic for running tests.
 
 require('initialize');
+console.debug = function() {}; // Karma conf doesn't seem to work? Debug messages are still emitted when they shouldn't be.
 TestView = require('views/TestView');
 TestView.runTests();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/karma.conf.js b/karma.conf.js
index bf0924f77..5a4224edf 100644
--- a/karma.conf.js
+++ b/karma.conf.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ module.exports = function(config) {
 
     // level of logging
     // possible values: LOG_DISABLE || LOG_ERROR || LOG_WARN || LOG_INFO || LOG_DEBUG
-    logLevel : config.LOG_INFO,
+    logLevel : config.LOG_ERROR, // doesn't seem to work?
 
     // enable / disable watching file and executing tests whenever any file changes
     autoWatch : true,