diff --git a/hive/db/schema.py b/hive/db/schema.py
index f38a6a3e9eb54f5dd2f58548322df52bd804713b..a9cc81acd7101a0161f23e6d033bc4409a931145 100644
--- a/hive/db/schema.py
+++ b/hive/db/schema.py
@@ -218,8 +218,9 @@ hive_posts_cache = sa.Table(
 
 _url = os.environ.get('DATABASE_URL', 'missing ENV DATABASE_URL')
 logging.basicConfig()
-if os.environ.get('LOG_LEVEL') == 'INFO':
-    logging.getLogger('sqlalchemy.engine').setLevel(logging.INFO)
+#if os.environ.get('LOG_LEVEL') == 'INFO': # ultra-verbose
+#    logging.getLogger('sqlalchemy.engine').setLevel(logging.INFO)
+logging.getLogger('sqlalchemy.engine').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 
 
 def connect(connection_url=_url, **kwargs):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 313a5a4f97b259b4820e3f24c814041d96731711..2dc3ae10a377894a0ad8ad169f1b3ce4941a69f4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ setup(
     install_requires=[
         'steem',
         'bottle',
+        'bottle_sqlalchemy',
         'bottle_errorsrest',
         'sqlalchemy',
         'mysqlclient',