diff --git a/test/test3.c b/test/test3.c
index cf0bde77..e1960220 100644
--- a/test/test3.c
+++ b/test/test3.c
@@ -1482,7 +1482,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 	fprintf(xml, "<testsuite name=\"test3\" tests=\"%d\">\n", ARRAY_SIZE(tests) - 1);
     
 	setenv("MQTT_C_CLIENT_TRACE", "ON", 1);
-	setenv("MQTT_C_CLIENT_TRACE_LEVEL", "PROTOCOL", 1);
+	setenv("MQTT_C_CLIENT_TRACE_LEVEL", "ERROR", 1);
 	getopts(argc, argv);
  	if (options.test_no == 0)
 	{ /* run all the tests */