diff --git a/lib/logtail-rails/event_log_subscriber.rb b/lib/logtail-rails/event_log_subscriber.rb
index d24185a..c3d3aa7 100644
--- a/lib/logtail-rails/event_log_subscriber.rb
+++ b/lib/logtail-rails/event_log_subscriber.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module Rails
       # them with all their data to Rails.logger, which sends them to Better Stack.
       class EventLogSubscriber
         # Rails logger instance
-        attr_reader :logger
+        attr_accessor :logger
 
         # Log level to use for logging events
         mattr_accessor :log_level, default: :info
@@ -14,6 +14,17 @@ class EventLogSubscriber
         # Allows to disable the subscriber
         mattr_accessor :enabled, default: true
 
+        # Subscribes to Rails.event once. Later calls only hand the events to the new logger, so that
+        # calling Logtail::Logger.create_default_logger again doesn't log every event twice.
+        def self.subscribe(logger)
+          if @subscriber
+            @subscriber.logger = logger
+          else
+            @subscriber = new(logger)
+            ::Rails.event.subscribe(@subscriber)
+          end
+        end
+
         # Initialize the subscriber with a logger instance
         def initialize(logger)
           @logger = logger
diff --git a/lib/logtail-rails/logger.rb b/lib/logtail-rails/logger.rb
index 8e969c2..292bab3 100755
--- a/lib/logtail-rails/logger.rb
+++ b/lib/logtail-rails/logger.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ def stop_broadcasting_to(io_device_or_logger)
     def self.create_logger(*io_devices_and_loggers)
       logger = Logtail::Logger.new(*io_devices_and_loggers)
 
+      # Rails applies config.log_level to Rails.logger while booting, but not to a logger added with broadcast_to later
+      log_level = Rails.application.config.log_level if ENV['LOG_LEVEL'].blank? && Rails.application
+      logger.level = ::ActiveSupport::Logger.const_get(log_level.to_s.upcase) if log_level
+
       tagged_logging_supported = Rails::VERSION::MAJOR >= 7 || Rails::VERSION::MAJOR == 6 && Rails::VERSION::MINOR >= 1
       logger = ::ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.new(logger) if tagged_logging_supported
 
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ def self.create_default_logger(source_token, options = {})
       end
 
       # For Rails 8.1 and above, subscribe to the event system
-      Rails.event.subscribe(Logtail::Integrations::Rails::EventLogSubscriber.new(logger)) if Rails.respond_to?(:event)
+      Logtail::Integrations::Rails::EventLogSubscriber.subscribe(logger) if Rails.respond_to?(:event)
 
       logger
     end
diff --git a/spec/logtail-rails/http_events_spec.rb b/spec/logtail-rails/http_events_spec.rb
index 2e8bb2a..d185ab9 100755
--- a/spec/logtail-rails/http_events_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/logtail-rails/http_events_spec.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def method_for_action(action_name)
 
       expect(lines[0]).to include("Started GET \\\"/rack_http\\\"")
       expect(lines[1]).to include("Processing by RackHttpController#index as HTML")
-      expect(lines[2]).to include("Completed 200 OK in 0.0ms")
+      expect(lines[2]).to match(/Completed 200 OK in \d+\.\d+ms/)
     end
 
     context "with the route silenced" do
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def method_for_action(action_name)
         expect(lines.length).to eq(2)
 
         expect(lines[0]).to include("Processing by RackHttpController#index as HTML")
-        expect(lines[1]).to include("GET /rack_http completed with 200 OK in 0.0ms")
+        expect(lines[1]).to match(/GET \/rack_http completed with 200 OK in \d+\.\d+ms/)
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/logtail-rails/logger_spec.rb b/spec/logtail-rails/logger_spec.rb
index c9dd38b..32dc2f0 100755
--- a/spec/logtail-rails/logger_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/logtail-rails/logger_spec.rb
@@ -122,5 +122,52 @@
 
       expect(Sidekiq.logger).to eq(log_double)
     end
+
+    context "when called more than once" do
+      let(:io) { StringIO.new }
+
+      # spec_helper.rb makes every EventLogSubscriber log to Rails.logger
+      around(:each) do |example|
+        with_rails_logger(Logtail::Logger.new(io)) { example.run }
+      end
+
+      it "should log each Rails.event once" do
+        skip("Rails.event exists in Rails 8.1 and higher") unless Rails.respond_to?(:event)
+
+        Logtail::Logger.create_default_logger("foo")
+        Logtail::Logger.create_default_logger("foo")
+        Rails.event.notify("logger_spec.created", id: 1)
+
+        expect(io.string.lines.grep(/logger_spec\.created/).length).to eq(1)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with config.log_level" do
+      around(:each) do |example|
+        log_level = Rails.application.config.log_level
+        Rails.application.config.log_level = :info
+        example.run
+        Rails.application.config.log_level = log_level
+      end
+
+      before do
+        allow(Logtail::Logger).to receive(:create_logger).and_call_original
+      end
+
+      # Rails sets config.log_level on Rails.logger, but not on a logger added with broadcast_to after boot
+      it "should use it as the level" do
+        logger = Logtail::Logger.create_default_logger("foo")
+
+        expect(logger.level).to eq(::Logger::INFO)
+      end
+
+      it "should prefer the LOG_LEVEL environment variable" do
+        ENV["LOG_LEVEL"] = "warn"
+        logger = Logtail::Logger.create_default_logger("foo")
+        ENV.delete("LOG_LEVEL")
+
+        expect(logger.level).to eq(::Logger::WARN)
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/logtail-rails/rack_logger_spec.rb b/spec/logtail-rails/rack_logger_spec.rb
index e3c2109..6976159 100755
--- a/spec/logtail-rails/rack_logger_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/logtail-rails/rack_logger_spec.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def method_for_action(action_name)
           expect(lines.length).to eq(3)
           expect(lines[0]).to include("Started GET \\\"/rails_rack_logger\\\"")
           expect(lines[1]).to include("Processing by RailsRackLoggerController#index as HTML")
-          expect(lines[2]).to include("Completed 200 OK in 0.0ms")
+          expect(lines[2]).to match(/Completed 200 OK in \d+\.\d+ms/)
         ensure
           Logtail::Integrations::Rails::EventLogSubscriber.enabled = original_enabled
         end