diff --git a/geth-poa/entrypoint.sh b/geth-poa/entrypoint.sh
index b67afa50ff..f0543ef1cf 100644
--- a/geth-poa/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/geth-poa/entrypoint.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set -exu
 
 GETH_BIN_PATH=${GETH_BIN_PATH:-geth}
 GENESIS_L1_PATH=${GENESIS_L1_PATH:-/genesis.json}
-VERBOSITY=3
+VERBOSITY=${VERBOSITY:-3}
 GETH_DATA_DIR=${GETH_DATA_DIR:-/data}
 GETH_CHAINDATA_DIR="$GETH_DATA_DIR/geth/chaindata"
 GETH_KEYSTORE_DIR="$GETH_DATA_DIR/keystore"