diff --git a/app/ledger.js b/app/ledger.js
index baec413e209..d4973c3bb6d 100644
--- a/app/ledger.js
+++ b/app/ledger.js
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ const synopsisPath = path.join(app.getPath('userData'), 'ledger-synopsis.json')
 
 var bootP = false
 var client
-const clientOptions = { loggingP: true, verboseP: true }
+const clientOptions = { debugP: process.env.LEDGER_DEBUG,
+                        loggingP: process.env.LEDGER_LOGGING,
+                        verboseP: process.env.LEDGER_VERBOSE
+                      }
 
 /*
  * publisher globals
@@ -349,8 +352,7 @@ var initialize = (onoff) => {
         getStateInfo(state)
         try {
           client = (require('ledger-client'))(state.personaId,
-                                              underscore.defaults(underscore.extend(state.options, { roundtrip: roundtrip }),
-                                                                  clientOptions), state)
+                                              underscore.extend(state.options, { roundtrip: roundtrip }, clientOptions), state)
         } catch (ex) {
           return console.log('ledger client creation error: ' + ex.toString() + '\n' + ex.stack)
         }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 159d7dc86c6..9b3cfe7f546 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     "keytar": "^3.0.0",
     "l20n": "^3.5.1",
     "ledger-balance": "^0.8.46",
-    "ledger-client": "^0.8.48",
+    "ledger-client": "^0.8.49",
     "ledger-publisher": "^0.8.47",
     "lru_cache": "^1.0.0",
     "random-lib": "2.1.0",