diff --git a/jina/logging/base.py b/jina/logging/base.py
index 0d17493c79cd7..7cd6d2ea123e4 100644
--- a/jina/logging/base.py
+++ b/jina/logging/base.py
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ def get_logger(context: str, context_len: int = 15,
     console_handler.setFormatter(ColorFormatter(fmt_str))
     logger.addHandler(console_handler)
 
-    success_level = 25  # between WARNING and INFO
+    success_level = LogVerbosity.SUCCESS.value  # between WARNING and INFO
     logging.addLevelName(success_level, 'SUCCESS')
     setattr(logger, 'success', lambda message: logger.log(success_level, message))
 
diff --git a/tests/test_logging.py b/tests/test_logging.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9cedca4edb72d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_logging.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import os
+
+from jina.logging.base import get_logger
+from tests import JinaTestCase
+
+
+class MyTestCase(JinaTestCase):
+
+    def test_logging_message(self):
+        os.environ['JINA_LOG_VERBOSITY'] = 'success'
+        logger = get_logger('test_logger')
+        logger.debug('this is test debug message')
+        logger.info('this is test info message')
+        logger.success('this is test success message')
+        logger.warning('this is test warning message')
+        logger.error('this is test error message')
+        logger.critical('this is test critical message')