diff --git a/base/loggers/Loggers.cpp b/base/loggers/Loggers.cpp
index 7c627ad2272..512e44f79c7 100644
--- a/base/loggers/Loggers.cpp
+++ b/base/loggers/Loggers.cpp
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ void Loggers::buildLoggers(Poco::Util::AbstractConfiguration & config, Poco::Log
 
         Poco::AutoPtr<OwnPatternFormatter> pf = new OwnPatternFormatter(color_enabled);
         Poco::AutoPtr<DB::OwnFormattingChannel> log = new DB::OwnFormattingChannel(pf, new Poco::ConsoleChannel);
-        logger.warning("Logging " + console_log_level_string + " to console");
         log->setLevel(console_log_level);
         split->addChannel(log, "console");
     }
diff --git a/programs/local/LocalServer.cpp b/programs/local/LocalServer.cpp
index 613c86002f3..1dfb5c1d636 100644
--- a/programs/local/LocalServer.cpp
+++ b/programs/local/LocalServer.cpp
@@ -434,6 +434,11 @@ catch (...)
     return getCurrentExceptionCode();
 }
 
+void LocalServer::setLogger(const String & logs_level)
+{
+    config().setString("logger.level", logs_level);
+    updateLevels(config(), logger());
+}
 
 void LocalServer::processConfig()
 {
@@ -463,19 +468,19 @@ void LocalServer::processConfig()
                     || config().has("send_logs_level")
                     || config().has("logger.log"));
 
-    auto level = Poco::Logger::parseLevel(config().getString("log-level", config().getString("send_logs_level", "trace")));
+    auto level = config().getString("log-level", "trace");
 
     if (config().has("server_logs_file"))
     {
-        Poco::Logger::root().setLevel(level);
+        auto poco_logs_level = Poco::Logger::parseLevel(level);
+        Poco::Logger::root().setLevel(poco_logs_level);
         Poco::Logger::root().setChannel(Poco::AutoPtr<Poco::SimpleFileChannel>(new Poco::SimpleFileChannel(server_logs_file)));
     }
-    else if (logging)
+    else if (logging || is_interactive)
     {
-        // force enable logging
         config().setString("logger", "logger");
-        Poco::Logger::root().setLevel(level);
-        // sensitive data rules are not used here
+        auto log_level_default = is_interactive && !logging ? "none" : level;
+        config().setString("logger.level", config().getString("log-level", config().getString("send_logs_level", log_level_default)));
         buildLoggers(config(), logger(), "clickhouse-local");
     }
     else
diff --git a/programs/local/LocalServer.h b/programs/local/LocalServer.h
index 969af7f1b77..3ee6d80136e 100644
--- a/programs/local/LocalServer.h
+++ b/programs/local/LocalServer.h
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ protected:
 
     void processConfig() override;
 
+    void setLogger(const String & logs_level) override;
+
 private:
     /** Composes CREATE subquery based on passed arguments (--structure --file --table and --input-format)
       * This query will be executed first, before queries passed through --query argument
diff --git a/src/Client/ClientBase.cpp b/src/Client/ClientBase.cpp
index 115d047e6e8..7f5b5b82082 100644
--- a/src/Client/ClientBase.cpp
+++ b/src/Client/ClientBase.cpp
@@ -1298,6 +1298,13 @@ void ClientBase::processParsedSingleQuery(const String & full_query, const Strin
         }
     }
 
+    if (const auto * set_query = parsed_query->as<ASTSetQuery>())
+    {
+        const auto * logs_level_field = set_query->changes.tryGet(std::string_view{"send_logs_level"});
+        if (logs_level_field)
+            setLogger(logs_level_field->safeGet<String>());
+    }
+
     processed_rows = 0;
     written_first_block = false;
     progress_indication.resetProgress();
diff --git a/src/Client/ClientBase.h b/src/Client/ClientBase.h
index ae6d090eaee..1ce8be94d39 100644
--- a/src/Client/ClientBase.h
+++ b/src/Client/ClientBase.h
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ protected:
         std::optional<ProgramOptionsDescription> hosts_and_ports_description;
     };
 
+    virtual void setLogger(const String &) { throw Exception(ErrorCodes::NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Method `initializeLogger()` is not implemented for `{}`", getName()); }
     virtual void printHelpMessage(const OptionsDescription & options_description) = 0;
     virtual void addOptions(OptionsDescription & options_description) = 0;
     virtual void processOptions(const OptionsDescription & options_description,