diff --git a/whipper/common/mbngs.py b/whipper/common/mbngs.py
index 3400e93..a03e251 100644
--- a/whipper/common/mbngs.py
+++ b/whipper/common/mbngs.py
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ def musicbrainz(discid, country=None, record=False):
     logger.debug('looking up results for discid %r', discid)
     import musicbrainzngs
 
+    logging.getLogger("musicbrainzngs").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
     musicbrainzngs.set_useragent("whipper", whipper.__version__,
                                  "https://github.com/whipper-team/whipper")
     ret = []