diff --git a/addons/mail/tests/test_mail_followers.py b/addons/mail/tests/test_mail_followers.py
index 7a82f09f381..249981706e1 100644
--- a/addons/mail/tests/test_mail_followers.py
+++ b/addons/mail/tests/test_mail_followers.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from psycopg2 import IntegrityError
 
 from odoo.addons.mail.tests.common import TestMail
+from odoo.tools.misc import mute_logger
 
 
 class TestMailFollowers(TestMail):
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ class TestMailFollowers(TestMail):
         test_channel = self.env['mail.channel'].create({
             'name': 'I used to be schizo, but now we are alright.'
         })
-        with self.assertRaises(IntegrityError):
+        with self.assertRaises(IntegrityError), mute_logger('odoo.sql_db'):
             self.env['mail.followers'].create({
                 'res_model_id': self.env['ir.model']._get('mail.channel').id,
                 'res_id': test_channel.id,
diff --git a/odoo/netsvc.py b/odoo/netsvc.py
index b62f830eb9c..3c0bac45274 100644
--- a/odoo/netsvc.py
+++ b/odoo/netsvc.py
@@ -188,17 +188,16 @@ def init_logger():
     for logconfig_item in logging_configurations:
         _logger.debug('logger level set: "%s"', logconfig_item)
 
+
 DEFAULT_LOG_CONFIGURATION = [
     'odoo.http.rpc.request:INFO',
     'odoo.http.rpc.response:INFO',
-    'odoo.addons.web.http:INFO',
-    'odoo.sql_db:INFO',
     ':INFO',
 ]
 PSEUDOCONFIG_MAPPER = {
-    'debug_rpc_answer': ['odoo:DEBUG','odoo.http.rpc.request:DEBUG', 'odoo.http.rpc.response:DEBUG'],
-    'debug_rpc': ['odoo:DEBUG','odoo.http.rpc.request:DEBUG'],
-    'debug': ['odoo:DEBUG'],
+    'debug_rpc_answer': ['odoo:DEBUG', 'odoo.sql_db:INFO', 'odoo.http.rpc:DEBUG'],
+    'debug_rpc': ['odoo:DEBUG', 'odoo.sql_db:INFO', 'odoo.http.rpc.request:DEBUG'],
+    'debug': ['odoo:DEBUG', 'odoo.sql_db:INFO'],
     'debug_sql': ['odoo.sql_db:DEBUG'],
     'info': [],
     'warn': ['odoo:WARNING', 'werkzeug:WARNING'],
diff --git a/odoo/sql_db.py b/odoo/sql_db.py
index 607bb9ba2b8..3f70d10a38c 100644
--- a/odoo/sql_db.py
+++ b/odoo/sql_db.py
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class Cursor(object):
             res = self._obj.execute(query, params)
         except Exception as e:
             if self._default_log_exceptions if log_exceptions is None else log_exceptions:
-                _logger.info("bad query: %s \nERROR: %s", self._obj.query or query, e)
+                _logger.error("bad query: %s\nERROR: %s", self._obj.query or query, e)
             raise
 
         # simple query count is always computed