diff --git a/trustgraph-base/trustgraph/base/pubsub.py b/trustgraph-base/trustgraph/base/pubsub.py
index b9f233d4..90b65d5b 100644
--- a/trustgraph-base/trustgraph/base/pubsub.py
+++ b/trustgraph-base/trustgraph/base/pubsub.py
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ class PulsarClient:
 
         parser.add_argument(
             '-l', '--log-level',
-            type=LogLevel,
-            default=LogLevel.INFO,
-            choices=list(LogLevel),
-            help=f'Output queue (default: info)'
+            default='INFO',
+            choices=['DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARNING', 'ERROR', 'CRITICAL'],
+            help=f'Log level (default: INFO)'
         )
diff --git a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/processing/processing.py b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/processing/processing.py
index 8ee62cdd..f74c9387 100644
--- a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/processing/processing.py
+++ b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/processing/processing.py
@@ -147,10 +147,9 @@ def run():
 
     parser.add_argument(
         '-l', '--log-level',
-        type=LogLevel,
-        default=LogLevel.INFO,
-        choices=list(LogLevel),
-        help=f'Output queue (default: info)'
+        default='INFO',
+        choices=['DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARNING', 'ERROR', 'CRITICAL'],
+        help=f'Log level (default: INFO)'
     )
 
     parser.add_argument(