diff --git a/frigate/app.py b/frigate/app.py
index eaacd627f..c873d6049 100644
--- a/frigate/app.py
+++ b/frigate/app.py
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ from frigate.comms.mqtt import MqttClient
 from frigate.comms.webpush import WebPushClient
 from frigate.comms.ws import WebSocketClient
 from frigate.comms.zmq_proxy import ZmqProxy
+from frigate.config.config import FrigateConfig
+from frigate.config.logger import LogLevel
 from frigate.const import (
     CACHE_DIR,
     CLIPS_DIR,
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ class FrigateApp:
         self.ptz_metrics: dict[str, PTZMetrics] = {}
         self.processes: dict[str, int] = {}
         self.region_grids: dict[str, list[list[dict[str, int]]]] = {}
-        self.config = config
+        self.config: FrigateConfig = config
 
     def ensure_dirs(self) -> None:
         for d in [
@@ -567,6 +569,19 @@ class FrigateApp:
     def start(self) -> None:
         logger.info(f"Starting Frigate ({VERSION})")
 
+        # setup logging
+        logging.getLogger().setLevel(self.config.logger.default.value.upper())
+
+        log_levels = {
+            "werkzeug": LogLevel.error,
+            "ws4py": LogLevel.error,
+            "httpx": LogLevel.error,
+            **self.config.logger.logs,
+        }
+
+        for log, level in log_levels.items():
+            logging.getLogger(log).setLevel(level.value.upper())
+
         # Ensure global state.
         self.ensure_dirs()
 
diff --git a/frigate/config/logger.py b/frigate/config/logger.py
index 120642042..8b77067fe 100644
--- a/frigate/config/logger.py
+++ b/frigate/config/logger.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-import logging
 from enum import Enum
 
-from pydantic import Field, ValidationInfo, model_validator
-from typing_extensions import Self
+from pydantic import Field
 
 from .base import FrigateBaseModel
 
@@ -22,17 +20,3 @@ class LoggerConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
     logs: dict[str, LogLevel] = Field(
         default_factory=dict, title="Log level for specified processes."
     )
-
-    @model_validator(mode="after")
-    def post_validation(self, info: ValidationInfo) -> Self:
-        if isinstance(info.context, dict) and info.context.get("install", False):
-            logging.getLogger().setLevel(self.default.value.upper())
-
-            log_levels = {
-                "werkzeug": LogLevel.error,
-                "ws4py": LogLevel.error,
-                **self.logs,
-            }
-
-            for log, level in log_levels.items():
-                logging.getLogger(log).setLevel(level.value.upper())
diff --git a/frigate/util/services.py b/frigate/util/services.py
index 0a2c6d769..4c902ea8d 100644
--- a/frigate/util/services.py
+++ b/frigate/util/services.py
@@ -318,11 +318,6 @@ def get_intel_gpu_stats() -> dict[str, str]:
                     if video_frame is not None:
                         video[key].append(float(video_frame))
 
-        for key in render.keys():
-            print(
-                f"new way has {key} :: {round(((sum(render[key]) / len(render[key])) + (sum(video[key]) / len(video[key]))) / 2, 2)}% total"
-            )
-
         results["gpu"] = (
             f"{round(((sum(render['global']) / len(render['global'])) + (sum(video['global']) / len(video['global']))) / 2, 2)}%"
         )