diff --git a/example/IO/forest/gmsh/t8_gmsh_to_vtk.cxx b/example/IO/forest/gmsh/t8_gmsh_to_vtk.cxx
index b2834a4ed0..172410362e 100644
--- a/example/IO/forest/gmsh/t8_gmsh_to_vtk.cxx
+++ b/example/IO/forest/gmsh/t8_gmsh_to_vtk.cxx
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   // Initialize the sc library, has to happen before we initialize t8code.
   sc_init (sc_MPI_COMM_WORLD, 1, 1, NULL, SC_LP_ESSENTIAL);
   // Initialize t8code with log level SC_LP_PRODUCTION. See sc.h for more info on the log levels.
-  t8_init (SC_LP_ESSENTIAL);
+  t8_init (SC_LP_PRODUCTION);
 
   // We will use MPI_COMM_WORLD as a communicator.
   comm = sc_MPI_COMM_WORLD;