diff --git a/src/aare/gui/panels/log_panel.py b/src/aare/gui/panels/log_panel.py
index 98709875..f333953b 100644
--- a/src/aare/gui/panels/log_panel.py
+++ b/src/aare/gui/panels/log_panel.py
@@ -223,7 +223,8 @@ class LogPanel(QWidget):
         self.emitter.message.connect(self._append_line)
 
         self.handler = QtLogHandler(self.emitter)
-        self.handler.setLevel(logging.INFO) # hide the debug log
+        # hide debug message from log panel
+        self.handler.setLevel(logging.INFO) 
         self.handler.setFormatter(find_existing_formatter())
 
     def attach_logger(self, logger_name: str = "aareGUI"):