diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 9924c05..4a0791f 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ Random plans and ideas for 1.1 and beyond:
 
 * let the user specify extern command locations and options in the settings
 
-* let the user specify in the options which log levels to show in the global log
-
 * write a setup-kcm in the style of k3b's so that the user can set the r/w
   permissions of the disks there; also use kauth to update the partition table
   in the kernel. that should cover all cases where we actually need root
diff --git a/src/config.kcfg b/src/config.kcfg
index 319748b..7332ff6 100644
--- a/src/config.kcfg
+++ b/src/config.kcfg
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 		<entry name="firstRun" type="Bool">
 			<default>true</default>
 		</entry>
+		<entry name="minLogLevel" type="Int">
+			<default>0</default>
+		</entry>
 		<entry name="sectorAlignment" type="Int">
 			<default>2048</default>
 		</entry>
diff --git a/src/gui/configurepagegeneral.ui b/src/gui/configurepagegeneral.ui
index 3b14eb5..571e309 100644
--- a/src/gui/configurepagegeneral.ui
+++ b/src/gui/configurepagegeneral.ui
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>459</width>
-    <height>361</height>
+    <height>575</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>Form</string>
   </property>
-  <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_2">
-   <item row="0" column="0">
+  <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+   <item>
     <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox">
      <property name="sizePolicy">
       <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item row="1" column="0">
+   <item>
     <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox_2">
      <property name="sizePolicy">
       <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
@@ -90,6 +90,55 @@
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox_3">
+     <property name="sizePolicy">
+      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+       <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+       <verstretch>1</verstretch>
+      </sizepolicy>
+     </property>
+     <property name="title">
+      <string>Logging</string>
+     </property>
+     <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Hide Messages Below:</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="buddy">
+         <cstring>kcfg_minLogLevel</cstring>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QComboBox" name="kcfg_minLogLevel">
+        <item>
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>Debug</string>
+         </property>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>Information</string>
+         </property>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>Warning</string>
+         </property>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>Error</string>
+         </property>
+        </item>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+     </layout>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <resources/>
diff --git a/src/gui/treelog.cpp b/src/gui/treelog.cpp
index aede25d..cdefb67 100644
--- a/src/gui/treelog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/treelog.cpp
@@ -161,12 +161,15 @@ void TreeLog::onNewLogMessage(Log::Level logLevel, const QString& s)
 
 	kDebug() << s;
 
-	QTreeWidgetItem* item = new QTreeWidgetItem();
+	if (logLevel >= Config::minLogLevel())
+	{
+		QTreeWidgetItem* item = new QTreeWidgetItem();
 
-	item->setIcon(0, SmallIcon(icons[logLevel]));
-	item->setText(1, QDateTime::currentDateTime().toString("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss"));
-	item->setText(2, s);
+		item->setIcon(0, SmallIcon(icons[logLevel]));
+		item->setText(1, QDateTime::currentDateTime().toString("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss"));
+		item->setText(2, s);
 
-	treeLog().addTopLevelItem(item);
-	treeLog().scrollToBottom();
+		treeLog().addTopLevelItem(item);
+		treeLog().scrollToBottom();
+	}
 }