diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 2130aed7770..03151ef96f3 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -4606,11 +4606,16 @@ async def initialize(  # noqa: PLR0915
             elif litellm_log_setting.upper() == "DEBUG":
                 import logging
 
-                from litellm._logging import verbose_proxy_logger, verbose_router_logger
+                from litellm._logging import (
+                    verbose_logger,
+                    verbose_proxy_logger,
+                    verbose_router_logger,
+                )
 
+                verbose_logger.setLevel(level=logging.DEBUG)  # set package log to debug
                 verbose_router_logger.setLevel(
                     level=logging.DEBUG
-                )  # set router logs to info
+                )  # set router logs to debug
                 verbose_proxy_logger.setLevel(
                     level=logging.DEBUG
                 )  # set proxy logs to debug