diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b68802b3..916b581a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ page. See [DEVELOPMENT_CYCLE.md](DEVELOPMENT_CYCLE.md) for more details.
 - Routed compact filter (cbf) traffic through the configured SOCKS5 proxy
 - Rejected `--proxy` on the `rpc` backend, and unsupported proxy options (`--proxy_auth`, `--timeout`) on the `rpc` and `cbf` backends, instead of silently ignoring them
 - Fixed `compile` rejecting policies that are valid for the requested script type
+- Fixed `warn!` messages, including the mainnet notice, being hidden unless `RUST_LOG` was set; warnings are now shown by default
 
 ## [4.0.0]
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 06e3ea24..d13bf8a9 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ use clap::{CommandFactory, Parser};
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    env_logger::init();
+    env_logger::Builder::from_env(env_logger::Env::default().default_filter_or("warn")).init();
     let cli_opts: CliOpts = CliOpts::parse();
 
     let network = &cli_opts.network;
diff --git a/tests/integration/init.rs b/tests/integration/init.rs
index 120341ab..12086ff6 100644
--- a/tests/integration/init.rs
+++ b/tests/integration/init.rs
@@ -120,6 +120,30 @@ mod test_wallets {
             .stderr(predicate::str::contains("No wallets configured yet."));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_mainnet_warning_shown_by_default() {
+        let temp_dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let cli = BdkCli::new("bitcoin", Some(temp_dir.path().to_path_buf()));
+
+        cli.cmd("wallets", &[])
+            .env_remove("RUST_LOG")
+            .assert()
+            .stderr(predicate::str::contains(
+                "not currently recommended for use on Bitcoin mainnet",
+            ));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_mainnet_warning_hidden_with_rust_log_error() {
+        let temp_dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let cli = BdkCli::new("bitcoin", Some(temp_dir.path().to_path_buf()));
+
+        cli.cmd("wallets", &[])
+            .env("RUST_LOG", "error")
+            .assert()
+            .stderr(predicate::str::contains("not currently recommended").not());
+    }
+
     #[cfg(feature = "rpc")]
     #[test]
     fn test_list_wallets_with_entries() {