diff --git a/cli.py b/cli.py
index ec19ba4ea698596d5b47e39f78f1b7714b31d6c0..52af7b8bb180c159fcc9b21cfe7cc7429d8f698b 100755
--- a/cli.py
+++ b/cli.py
@@ -160,9 +160,11 @@ args = parser.parse_args()
 
 if args.v or os.getenv('VERBOSE'):
     logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+    logging.getLogger("stem").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 
 if args.vv or os.getenv('VVERBOSE'):
     logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
+    logging.getLogger("stem").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 
 if args.keywords:
     __KEYWORDS = args.keywords