diff --git a/logging.go b/logging.go
index d889013..2e17d77 100644
--- a/logging.go
+++ b/logging.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func DefaultLogger(clioCfg Config, store redact.Store) (logger.Logger, error) {
 
 	l, err := logrus.New(
 		logrus.Config{
-			EnableConsole: cfg.Verbosity > 0 && !cfg.Quiet,
+			EnableConsole: !cfg.Quiet,
 			FileLocation:  cfg.FileLocation,
 			Level:         cfg.Level,
 			Formatter:     adaptLogFormatter(logrus.DefaultTextFormatter()),
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ func (l *LoggingConfig) selectLevel() (logger.Level, error) {
 }
 
 func (l *LoggingConfig) AllowUI(stdin fs.File) bool {
+	if forceNoTTY(os.Getenv("NO_TTY")) {
+		return false
+	}
+
 	pipedInput, err := isPipedInput(stdin)
 	if err != nil || pipedInput {
 		// since we can't tell if there was piped input we assume that there could be to disable the ETUI
@@ -188,6 +192,16 @@ func (l *LoggingConfig) AllowUI(stdin fs.File) bool {
 	return l.Verbosity == 0
 }
 
+func forceNoTTY(noTTYenvVar string) bool {
+	switch strings.ToLower(noTTYenvVar) {
+	case "1":
+		return true
+	case "true":
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // isPipedInput returns true if there is no input device, which means the user **may** be providing input via a pipe.
 func isPipedInput(stdin fs.File) (bool, error) {
 	if stdin == nil {
diff --git a/logging_test.go b/logging_test.go
index ecb3ee6..0c86857 100644
--- a/logging_test.go
+++ b/logging_test.go
@@ -83,6 +83,19 @@ func Test_newLogger(t *testing.T) {
 				assert.Equal(t, "[0000]  INFO test *******\n", stripAnsi(buf.String()))
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "warn logging is not discarded",
+			cfg:  &LoggingConfig{Level: "warn"},
+			assertLogger: func(log logger.Logger) {
+				c, ok := log.(logger.Controller)
+				require.True(t, ok)
+				out := c.GetOutput()
+				// attempt to cast as *os.File, which will fail if output
+				// has defaulted to io.Discard
+				_, ok = out.(*os.File)
+				require.True(t, ok)
+			},
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -258,6 +271,26 @@ func TestLoggingConfig_AllowUI(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestForceNoTTY(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		envVarValue string
+		want        bool
+	}{
+		{"", false},
+		{"0", false},
+		{"false", false},
+		{"other-string", false},
+		{"1", true},
+		{"true", true},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.envVarValue, func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, forceNoTTY(tt.envVarValue))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func Test_isPipedInput(t *testing.T) {
 
 	tests := []struct {