diff --git a/internal/db/testing.go b/internal/db/testing.go
index b97c58ff3..4b058a10d 100644
--- a/internal/db/testing.go
+++ b/internal/db/testing.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -65,7 +66,20 @@ func TestSetup(t testing.TB, dialect string, opt ...TestOption) (*DB, string) {
 	case opts.withLogLevel != DefaultTestLogLevel:
 		db.wrapped.LogLevel(dbw.LogLevel(opts.withLogLevel))
 	default:
-		db.wrapped.LogLevel(dbw.Error)
+		var defaultLevel dbw.LogLevel
+		switch strings.ToLower(os.Getenv("DEFAULT_TEST_LOG_LEVEL")) {
+		case "silent":
+			defaultLevel = dbw.Silent
+		case "error":
+			defaultLevel = dbw.Error
+		case "warn":
+			defaultLevel = dbw.Warn
+		case "info":
+			defaultLevel = dbw.Info
+		default:
+			defaultLevel = dbw.Silent
+		}
+		db.wrapped.LogLevel(defaultLevel)
 	}
 	t.Cleanup(func() {
 		sqlDB, err := db.SqlDB(ctx)
diff --git a/internal/observability/event/context.go b/internal/observability/event/context.go
index 0016cfde3..ac9763165 100644
--- a/internal/observability/event/context.go
+++ b/internal/observability/event/context.go
@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@ package event
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"runtime"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog"
 )
 
+var ci bool
+
 type key int
 
 const cancelledSendTimeout = 3 * time.Second
@@ -18,6 +21,10 @@ const (
 	requestInfoKey
 )
 
+func init() {
+	ci = os.Getenv("CI") != ""
+}
+
 // NewEventerContext will return a context containing a value of the provided Eventer
 func NewEventerContext(ctx context.Context, eventer *Eventer) (context.Context, error) {
 	const op = "event.NewEventerContext"
@@ -128,8 +135,10 @@ func WriteError(ctx context.Context, caller Op, e error, opt ...Option) {
 	if !ok {
 		eventer = SysEventer()
 		if eventer == nil {
-			logger := hclog.New(nil)
-			logger.Error(fmt.Sprintf("%s: no eventer available to write error: %v", op, e))
+			if !ci {
+				logger := hclog.New(nil)
+				logger.Error(fmt.Sprintf("%s: no eventer available to write error: %v", op, e))
+			}
 			return
 		}
 	}