diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/runForTesting.sh b/packages/app-desktop/runForTesting.sh
index 09526fd289..5785b4ebb8 100755
--- a/packages/app-desktop/runForTesting.sh
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/runForTesting.sh
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@ if [[ $COMMANDS != "" ]]; then
 fi
 
 cd "$ROOT_DIR/packages/app-desktop"
-npm start -- --env dev --profile "$PROFILE_DIR"
+npm start -- --profile "$PROFILE_DIR"
diff --git a/packages/lib/Synchronizer.ts b/packages/lib/Synchronizer.ts
index 3c8e96407f..4b31c72a32 100644
--- a/packages/lib/Synchronizer.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/Synchronizer.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ function isCannotSyncError(error: any): boolean {
 
 export default class Synchronizer {
 
+	public static verboseMode: boolean = true;
+
 	private db_: any;
 	private api_: any;
 	private appType_: string;
@@ -195,7 +197,11 @@ export default class Synchronizer {
 			line.push(`(Remote ${s.join(', ')})`);
 		}
 
-		this.logger().debug(line.join(': '));
+		if (Synchronizer.verboseMode) {
+			this.logger().info(line.join(': '));
+		} else {
+			this.logger().debug(line.join(': '));
+		}
 
 		if (!this.progressReport_[action]) this.progressReport_[action] = 0;
 		this.progressReport_[action] += actionCount;