diff --git a/cmd/neofs-ir/main.go b/cmd/neofs-ir/main.go
index 7457da523..d6ae0d27d 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-ir/main.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-ir/main.go
@@ -44,7 +44,14 @@ func main() {
 	cfg, err := newConfig(*configFile)
 	exitErr(err)
 
-	log, err := logger.NewLogger(cfg)
+	var logPrm logger.Prm
+
+	err = logPrm.SetLevelString(
+		cfg.GetString("logger.level"),
+	)
+	exitErr(err)
+
+	log, err := logger.NewLogger(logPrm)
 	exitErr(err)
 
 	log = log.With(
diff --git a/cmd/neofs-node/config.go b/cmd/neofs-node/config.go
index e276299ec..016b0671b 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-node/config.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-node/config.go
@@ -352,7 +352,14 @@ func initCfg(path string) *cfg {
 		viperCfg.GetString(cfgReputationContract))
 	fatalOnErr(err)
 
-	log, err := logger.NewLogger(viperCfg)
+	var logPrm logger.Prm
+
+	err = logPrm.SetLevelString(
+		viperCfg.GetString(cfgLogLevel),
+	)
+	fatalOnErr(err)
+
+	log, err := logger.NewLogger(logPrm)
 	fatalOnErr(err)
 
 	log = log.With(
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f601bfccc..79877c9a4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ github.com/alecthomas/participle v0.6.0 h1:Pvo8XUCQKgIywVjz/+Ci3IsjGg+g/TdKkMcfg
 github.com/alecthomas/participle v0.6.0/go.mod h1:HfdmEuwvr12HXQN44HPWXR0lHmVolVYe4dyL6lQ3duY=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.0.0-20181024024818-d37bc2a10ba1/go.mod h1:xTS7Pm1pD1mvyM075QCDSRqH6qRLXylzS24ZTpRiSzQ=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20160405071501-a0175ee3bccc/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
+github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751 h1:JYp7IbQjafoB+tBA3gMyHYHrpOtNuDiK/uB5uXxq5wM=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
+github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190717042225-c3de453c63f4 h1:Hs82Z41s6SdL1CELW+XaDYmOH4hkBN4/N9og/AsOv7E=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190717042225-c3de453c63f4/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
 github.com/alicebob/gopher-json v0.0.0-20180125190556-5a6b3ba71ee6 h1:45bxf7AZMwWcqkLzDAQugVEwedisr5nRJ1r+7LYnv0U=
 github.com/alicebob/gopher-json v0.0.0-20180125190556-5a6b3ba71ee6/go.mod h1:SGnFV6hVsYE877CKEZ6tDNTjaSXYUk6QqoIK6PrAtcc=
@@ -344,6 +346,7 @@ github.com/ryanuber/columnize v0.0.0-20160712163229-9b3edd62028f/go.mod h1:sm1tb
 github.com/sean-/seed v0.0.0-20170313163322-e2103e2c3529/go.mod h1:DxrIzT+xaE7yg65j358z/aeFdxmN0P9QXhEzd20vsDc=
 github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0/go.mod h1:1NzhyTcUVG4SuEtjjoZeVRXNmyL/1OwPU0+IJeTBvfc=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.2.0/go.mod h1:LxeOpSwHxABJmUn/MG1IvRgCAasNZTLOkJPxbbu5VWo=
+github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.4.2 h1:SPIRibHv4MatM3XXNO2BJeFLZwZ2LvZgfQ5+UNI2im4=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.4.2/go.mod h1:tLMulIdttU9McNUspp0xgXVQah82FyeX6MwdIuYE2rE=
 github.com/smartystreets/assertions v0.0.0-20180927180507-b2de0cb4f26d h1:zE9ykElWQ6/NYmHa3jpm/yHnI4xSofP+UP6SpjHcSeM=
 github.com/smartystreets/assertions v0.0.0-20180927180507-b2de0cb4f26d/go.mod h1:OnSkiWE9lh6wB0YB77sQom3nweQdgAjqCqsofrRNTgc=
@@ -577,6 +580,7 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.23.1-0.20200526195155-81db48ad09cc/go.mod h1:EGpAD
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0 h1:Ejskq+SyPohKW+1uil0JJMtmHCgJPJ/qWTxr8qp+R4c=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0/go.mod h1:9JNX74DMeImyA3h4bdi1ymwjUzf21/xIlbajtzgsN7c=
 gopkg.in/abiosoft/ishell.v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:sFp+cGtH6o4s1FtpVPTMcHq2yue+c4DGOVohJCPUzwY=
+gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6 h1:jMFz6MfLP0/4fUyZle81rXUoxOBFi19VUFKVDOQfozc=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
diff --git a/pkg/util/logger/logger.go b/pkg/util/logger/logger.go
index 179575d99..462b38e2a 100644
--- a/pkg/util/logger/logger.go
+++ b/pkg/util/logger/logger.go
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ package logger
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 )
@@ -16,36 +14,38 @@ import (
 // go.uber.org/zap.Logger.
 type Logger = zap.Logger
 
+// Prm groups Logger's parameters.
+type Prm struct {
+	level zapcore.Level
+}
+
 // ErrNilLogger is returned by functions that
 // expect a non-nil Logger, but received nil.
 var ErrNilLogger = errors.New("logger is nil")
 
-// NewLogger is a logger's constructor.
-func NewLogger(v *viper.Viper) (*Logger, error) {
+// SetLevelString sets minimum logging level.
+//
+// Returns error of s is not a string representation of zap.Level
+// value (see zapcore.Level docs).
+func (p *Prm) SetLevelString(s string) error {
+	return p.level.UnmarshalText([]byte(s))
+}
+
+// NewLogger constructs a new zap logger instance.
+//
+// Logger is built from production logging configuration with:
+//  * parameterized level;
+//  * console encoding;
+//  * ISO8601 time encoding.
+//
+// Logger records a stack trace for all messages at or above fatal level.
+func NewLogger(prm Prm) (*Logger, error) {
 	c := zap.NewProductionConfig()
-	c.Level = safeLevel(v.GetString("logger.level"))
+	c.Level = zap.NewAtomicLevelAt(prm.level)
 	c.Encoding = "console"
 	c.EncoderConfig.EncodeTime = zapcore.ISO8601TimeEncoder
 
 	return c.Build(
-		// record a stack trace for all messages at or above fatal level
 		zap.AddStacktrace(zap.NewAtomicLevelAt(zap.FatalLevel)),
 	)
 }
-
-func safeLevel(lvl string) zap.AtomicLevel {
-	switch strings.ToLower(lvl) {
-	case "debug":
-		return zap.NewAtomicLevelAt(zap.DebugLevel)
-	case "warn":
-		return zap.NewAtomicLevelAt(zap.WarnLevel)
-	case "error":
-		return zap.NewAtomicLevelAt(zap.ErrorLevel)
-	case "fatal":
-		return zap.NewAtomicLevelAt(zap.FatalLevel)
-	case "panic":
-		return zap.NewAtomicLevelAt(zap.PanicLevel)
-	default:
-		return zap.NewAtomicLevelAt(zap.InfoLevel)
-	}
-}