diff --git a/src/node/utils/Settings.js b/src/node/utils/Settings.js
index c455617b0..1f22ccfd7 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/Settings.js
+++ b/src/node/utils/Settings.js
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ exports.reloadSettings = function reloadSettings() {
 
   log4js.configure(exports.logconfig);//Configure the logging appenders
   log4js.setGlobalLogLevel(exports.loglevel);//set loglevel
+  process.env['DEBUG'] = 'socket.io:' + exports.loglevel; // Used by SocketIO for Debug
   log4js.replaceConsole();
 
   if(!exports.sessionKey){ // If the secretKey isn't set we also create yet another unique value here