diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index befbaa4..806a7f8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+v0.1.7
+------
+
+- add logging for rclone background daemon
+
 v0.1.6
 ------
 
diff --git a/deploy/chartpress.yaml b/deploy/chartpress.yaml
index 69435bb..1044bf0 100644
--- a/deploy/chartpress.yaml
+++ b/deploy/chartpress.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ charts:
   - name: csi-rclone
     imagePrefix: renku/
     resetTag: ""
-    resetVersion: 0.1.6
+    resetVersion: 0.1.7
     repo:
       git: SwissDataScienceCenter/helm-charts
       published: https://swissdatasciencecenter.github.io/helm-charts
diff --git a/deploy/csi-rclone/Chart.yaml b/deploy/csi-rclone/Chart.yaml
index 40640ae..6860b3e 100644
--- a/deploy/csi-rclone/Chart.yaml
+++ b/deploy/csi-rclone/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: csi-rclone
 description: A Helm chart for the Rclone CSI
 type: application
-version: 0.1.6
-appVersion: "0.1.6"
+version: 0.1.7
+appVersion: "0.1.7"
diff --git a/deploy/csi-rclone/templates/csi-nodeplugin-rclone.yaml b/deploy/csi-rclone/templates/csi-nodeplugin-rclone.yaml
index 92ba425..9d092a1 100644
--- a/deploy/csi-rclone/templates/csi-nodeplugin-rclone.yaml
+++ b/deploy/csi-rclone/templates/csi-nodeplugin-rclone.yaml
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ spec:
           value: {{ quote .Values.kubernetesClusterDomain }}
         - name: DRIVER_NAME
           value: {{ .Values.storageClassName | quote}}
+        - name: LOG_LEVEL
+          value: {{ .Values.logLevel | default "NOTICE" | quote }}
         image: {{ .Values.csiNodepluginRclone.rclone.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.csiNodepluginRclone.rclone.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}
         imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.csiNodepluginRclone.rclone.imagePullPolicy }}
         # TODO: check if necessary
diff --git a/deploy/csi-rclone/values.yaml b/deploy/csi-rclone/values.yaml
index c8a12cd..b00befb 100644
--- a/deploy/csi-rclone/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/csi-rclone/values.yaml
@@ -59,3 +59,4 @@ csiNodepluginRclone:
   tolerations: []
   affinity: {}
 kubernetesClusterDomain: cluster.local
+logLevel: NOTICE # Valid levels: DEBUG|INFO|NOTICE|ERROR
diff --git a/devenv/nix/goModule.nix b/devenv/nix/goModule.nix
index 347ac66..ea48220 100644
--- a/devenv/nix/goModule.nix
+++ b/devenv/nix/goModule.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 let
   csiDriver = pkgs.buildGoModule {
     pname = "csi-rclone-pvc-1";
-    version = "0.1.6";
+    version = "0.1.7";
     src = ../../.;
     vendorHash = "sha256-XY0XgDky2g7DQ210VsT+KKjyYL1EJPCNGP0F5GhY2gM=";
     # CGO = 0;
diff --git a/pkg/rclone/rclone.go b/pkg/rclone/rclone.go
index 3a30fae..da3827d 100644
--- a/pkg/rclone/rclone.go
+++ b/pkg/rclone/rclone.go
@@ -320,17 +320,22 @@ func (r *Rclone) run_daemon() error {
 	rclone_args = append(rclone_args, "--cache-info-age=72h")
 	rclone_args = append(rclone_args, "--cache-chunk-clean-interval=15m")
 	rclone_args = append(rclone_args, "--rc-no-auth")
-	rclone_args = append(rclone_args, "--log-file=/tmp/rclone.log")
+	loglevel := os.Getenv("LOG_LEVEL")
+	if len(loglevel) == 0 {
+		loglevel = "NOTICE"
+	}
+	rclone_args = append(rclone_args, fmt.Sprintf("--log-level=%s", loglevel))
 	rclone_args = append(rclone_args, fmt.Sprintf("--config=%s", f.Name()))
 	klog.Infof("running rclone remote control daemon cmd=%s, args=%s, ", rclone_cmd, rclone_args)
 
 	env := os.Environ()
 	cmd := os_exec.Command(rclone_cmd, rclone_args...)
-	stderr, err := cmd.StderrPipe()
+	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
+	cmd.Stderr = cmd.Stdout
 	if err != nil {
 		panic("couldn't get stderr of rclone process")
 	}
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(stderr)
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(stdout)
 	cmd.Env = env
 	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -340,6 +345,7 @@ func (r *Rclone) run_daemon() error {
 		output := ""
 		for scanner.Scan() {
 			output = scanner.Text()
+			klog.Infof("rclone log: %s", output)
 		}
 		err := cmd.Wait()
 		if err != nil {