diff --git a/logger/verbosity.go b/logger/verbosity.go
index 887b90f02910..e052b80a3bb2 100644
--- a/logger/verbosity.go
+++ b/logger/verbosity.go
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ const (
 	Core
 	Debug
 	Detail
+
+	Ridiculousness = 100
 )
diff --git a/miner/worker.go b/miner/worker.go
index 14129438537e..916481973694 100644
--- a/miner/worker.go
+++ b/miner/worker.go
@@ -299,8 +299,11 @@ func (self *worker) commitNewWork() {
 		}
 
 		if err := self.commitUncle(uncle.Header()); err != nil {
-			glog.V(logger.Debug).Infof("Bad uncle found and will be removed (%x)\n", hash[:4])
-			glog.V(logger.Debug).Infoln(uncle)
+			if glog.V(logger.Ridiculousness) {
+				glog.V(logger.Detail).Infof("Bad uncle found and will be removed (%x)\n", hash[:4])
+				glog.V(logger.Detail).Infoln(uncle)
+			}
+
 			badUncles = append(badUncles, hash)
 		} else {
 			glog.V(logger.Debug).Infof("commiting %x as uncle\n", hash[:4])