diff --git a/oct/ansible/oct/roles/docker/tasks/configure_docker_daemon_storage.yml b/oct/ansible/oct/roles/docker/tasks/configure_docker_daemon_storage.yml
index d3c95f80..0503e221 100644
--- a/oct/ansible/oct/roles/docker/tasks/configure_docker_daemon_storage.yml
+++ b/oct/ansible/oct/roles/docker/tasks/configure_docker_daemon_storage.yml
@@ -12,5 +12,10 @@
     dest: /etc/sysconfig/docker-storage-setup
     line: "VG={{ origin_ci_docker_volume_group }}"
 
+- name: Set EXTRA_STORAGE_OPTIONS for docker-storage-setup
+  lineinfile:
+    dest: /etc/sysconfig/docker-storage-setup
+    line: "EXTRA_STORAGE_OPTIONS='--storage-opt dm.libdm_log_level=3'"
+
 - name: Run docker-storage-setup
   command: docker-storage-setup
diff --git a/oct/ansible/oct/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml b/oct/ansible/oct/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml
index 0c92cf33..fbe86919 100644
--- a/oct/ansible/oct/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/oct/ansible/oct/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,20 @@
     regexp: '^ADD_REGISTRY=(.*)'
     line: '# ADD_REGISTRY=\1'
 
+- name: log to json-file to avoid flooding journald
+  lineinfile:
+    backrefs: yes
+    dest: /etc/sysconfig/docker
+    regexp: '^OPTIONS=(.*) --log-driver=journald (.*)'
+    line: 'OPTIONS=\1 --log-driver=json-file --log-opt max-size=50m \2'
+
+- name: turn on docker daemon debugging
+  lineinfile:
+    backrefs: yes
+    dest: /etc/sysconfig/docker
+    regexp: "^OPTIONS='(.*)'"
+    line: "OPTIONS='--debug \\1'"
+
 - name: configure the OpenShift storage
   include: configure_openshift_storage.yml