diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 14de1a1b55168e5af928727d3fea7916bc8a099a..82d32ad34934b3dd6e72ed8a5a17c18875c760fc 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ void loadServerConfigFromString(char *config) {
                 err = "Invalid log level. Must be one of debug, notice, warning";
                 goto loaderr;
             }
+#ifdef _WIN32
+            setLogVerbosityLevel(server.verbosity);
+#endif
         } else if (!strcasecmp(argv[0],"logfile") && argc == 2) {
             FILE *logfp;