diff --git a/charts/fleet/templates/deployment_gitjob.yaml b/charts/fleet/templates/deployment_gitjob.yaml
index 608a5db919..73f2fe798e 100644
--- a/charts/fleet/templates/deployment_gitjob.yaml
+++ b/charts/fleet/templates/deployment_gitjob.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ spec:
           - "{{ template "system_default_registry" $ }}{{ $.Values.image.repository }}:{{ $.Values.image.tag }}"
           {{- if $.Values.debug }}
           - --debug
+          - --debug-level
+          - {{ quote $.Values.debugLevel }}
           {{- end }}
           {{- if $shard.id }}
           - --shard-id
diff --git a/internal/cmd/debug.go b/internal/cmd/debug.go
index 43ce7190ae..a219b1d0b3 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/debug.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/debug.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (c *DebugConfig) OverrideZapOpts(zopts *crzap.Options) *crzap.Options {
 
 	zopts.Development = c.Debug
 
-	if c.Debug {
+	if c.Debug && c.DebugLevel > 0 {
 		zopts.Level = zapcore.Level(c.DebugLevel * -1)
 	}