diff --git a/hpe3parclient/client.py b/hpe3parclient/client.py
index f9b8b3a9..8b441cc6 100644
--- a/hpe3parclient/client.py
+++ b/hpe3parclient/client.py
@@ -298,15 +298,20 @@ def getWsApiVersion(self):
             self.http.set_url(self.api_url)
 
     def debug_rest(self, flag):
-        """This is useful for debugging requests to 3PAR.
+        """Enable/disable log output for the client
 
-        :param flag: set to True to enable debugging
+        By default logs are disabled, even for error messages, enabling debug
+        mode will enable http and ssh logs at debug level.
+
+        This is useful for debugging all requests to 3PAR.
+
+        :param flag: set to True to enable logs, False to disable.
         :type flag: bool
 
         """
         self.http.set_debug_flag(flag)
-        if self.ssh:
-            self.ssh.set_debug_flag(flag)
+        # Call method using the class as self.ssh is not created with instance
+        ssh.HPE3PARSSHClient.set_debug_flag(flag)
 
     def login(self, username, password, optional=None):
         """This authenticates against the 3PAR wsapi server and creates a
diff --git a/hpe3parclient/http.py b/hpe3parclient/http.py
index 138a97f9..c826a0a5 100644
--- a/hpe3parclient/http.py
+++ b/hpe3parclient/http.py
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ class HTTPJSONRESTClient(object):
     SESSION_COOKIE_NAME = 'X-Hp3Par-Wsapi-Sessionkey'
     http_log_debug = False
     _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+    _logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+    _log_handler = None
 
     # Retry constants
     retry_exceptions = (exceptions.HTTPServiceUnavailable,
@@ -86,19 +88,28 @@ def set_url(self, api_url):
         # should be http://<Server:Port>/api/v1
         self.api_url = api_url.rstrip('/')
 
-    def set_debug_flag(self, flag):
-        """
-        This turns on/off http request/response debugging output to console
+    @classmethod
+    def set_debug_flag(cls, flag):
+        """This turns on/off http request/response logs
+
+        By default logs are disabled, even for error messages, enabling debug
+        mode will enable http logs at debug level.
 
         :param flag: Set to True to enable debugging output
         :type flag: bool
 
         """
-        if not HTTPJSONRESTClient.http_log_debug and flag:
-            ch = logging.StreamHandler()
-            HTTPJSONRESTClient._logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-            HTTPJSONRESTClient._logger.addHandler(ch)
-            HTTPJSONRESTClient.http_log_debug = True
+        flag = bool(flag)  # In case we don't receive a bool instance
+        if flag != cls.http_log_debug:
+            if flag:
+                if cls._log_handler is None:
+                    cls._log_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+                cls._logger.addHandler(cls._log_handler)
+                cls._logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+            else:
+                cls._logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+                cls._logger.removeHandler(cls._log_handler)
+            cls.http_log_debug = flag
 
     def authenticate(self, user, password, optional=None):
         """
diff --git a/hpe3parclient/ssh.py b/hpe3parclient/ssh.py
index 5ce91878..2c2717d1 100644
--- a/hpe3parclient/ssh.py
+++ b/hpe3parclient/ssh.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class HPE3PARSSHClient(object):
     log_debug = False
     _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
     _logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+    _log_handler = None
 
     def __init__(self, ip, login, password,
                  port=22, conn_timeout=None, privatekey=None,
@@ -151,19 +152,28 @@ def close(self):
         if self.ssh:
             self.ssh.close()
 
-    def set_debug_flag(self, flag):
-        """
-        This turns on ssh debugging output to console
+    @classmethod
+    def set_debug_flag(cls, flag):
+        """This turns on/off log output for ssh commands.
+
+        By default logs are disabled, even for error messages, enabling debug
+        mode will enable ssh logs at debug level.
 
-        :param flag: Set to True to enable debugging output
+        :param flag: Whether we want to have logs or not
         :type flag: bool
 
         """
-        if not HPE3PARSSHClient.log_debug and flag:
-            ch = logging.StreamHandler()
-            self._logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-            self._logger.addHandler(ch)
-            HPE3PARSSHClient.log_debug = True
+        flag = bool(flag)  # In case we don't receive a bool instance
+        if flag != cls.log_debug:
+            if flag:
+                if cls._log_handler is None:
+                    cls._log_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+                cls._logger.addHandler(cls._log_handler)
+                cls._logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+            else:
+                cls._logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+                cls._logger.removeHandler(cls._log_handler)
+            cls.log_debug = flag
 
     @staticmethod
     def sanitize_cert(output_list):