diff --git a/lightningd/lightningd.c b/lightningd/lightningd.c
index 64a132566895..71e9b05aaa26 100644
--- a/lightningd/lightningd.c
+++ b/lightningd/lightningd.c
@@ -1038,6 +1038,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 * variables. */
 	ld = new_lightningd(NULL);
 	ld->state = LD_STATE_INITIALIZING;
+	log_info(ld->log, "%s", version());
 
 	/*~ We store an copy of our arguments before parsing mangles them, so
 	 * we can re-exec if versions of subdaemons change.  Note the use of
diff --git a/tests/test_misc.py b/tests/test_misc.py
index 147c5681f252..ffcad5ee2594 100644
--- a/tests/test_misc.py
+++ b/tests/test_misc.py
@@ -3014,7 +3014,7 @@ def test_notimestamp_logging(node_factory):
     # Make sure this is specified *before* other options!
     l1.daemon.early_opts.insert(0, '--log-timestamps=false')
     l1.start()
-    assert l1.daemon.logs[0].startswith("lightningd-1 DEBUG")
+    assert l1.daemon.logs[0].startswith("lightningd-1 INFO")
 
     assert l1.rpc.listconfigs()['configs']['log-timestamps']['value_bool'] is False