diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cf153b4c..bf7980e3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ option( USE_CCACHE       "use ccache")
 option( USE_INTERNAL_TCL "Compile tcl files into the code and don't install them" ON)
 option( ENABLE_UNIT_TESTS "Enable Catch unit tests")
 option( ENABLE_CPP_CORE_GUIDELINES_CHECK "Enable cpp core guideline checks on ngcore" OFF)
-option( USE_SPDLOG "Enable spd log logging" ON)
+option( USE_SPDLOG "Enable spd log logging" OFF)
 option( DEBUG_LOG "Enable more debug output (may increase computation time) - only works with USE_SPDLOG=ON" OFF)
 option( CHECK_RANGE "Check array range access, automatically enabled if built in debug mode" OFF)