diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/CLI.java b/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/CLI.java
index 2b054e8207..a5be417426 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/CLI.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/CLI.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import de.jplag.JPlag;
 import de.jplag.JPlagResult;
 import de.jplag.cli.logger.CliProgressBarProvider;
+import de.jplag.cli.logger.CollectedLogger;
 import de.jplag.cli.logger.CollectedLoggerFactory;
 import de.jplag.cli.picocli.CliInputHandler;
 import de.jplag.exceptions.ExitException;
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ public void executeCli() throws ExitException, IOException {
         logger.debug("Your version of JPlag is {}", JPlag.JPLAG_VERSION);
 
         if (!this.inputHandler.parse()) {
+            CollectedLogger.setLogLevel(this.inputHandler.getCliOptions().advanced.logLevel);
             ProgressBarLogger.setProgressBarProvider(new CliProgressBarProvider());
 
             switch (this.inputHandler.getCliOptions().mode) {
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/logger/CliProgressBarProvider.java b/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/logger/CliProgressBarProvider.java
index d21e78211e..db514aabac 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/logger/CliProgressBarProvider.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/logger/CliProgressBarProvider.java
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 package de.jplag.cli.logger;
 
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.slf4j.event.Level;
+
 import de.jplag.logging.ProgressBar;
 import de.jplag.logging.ProgressBarProvider;
 import de.jplag.logging.ProgressBarType;
@@ -11,15 +15,21 @@
  * A ProgressBar provider, that used the tongfei progress bar library underneath, to show progress bars on the cli.
  */
 public class CliProgressBarProvider implements ProgressBarProvider {
+    private static final Set<Level> allowedLogLevels = Set.of(Level.INFO);
+
     @Override
     public ProgressBar initProgressBar(ProgressBarType type, int totalSteps) {
-        if (type.isIdleBar()) {
-            IdleBar idleBar = new IdleBar(type.getDefaultText());
-            idleBar.start();
-            return idleBar;
+        if (allowedLogLevels.contains(CollectedLogger.getLogLevel())) {
+            if (type.isIdleBar()) {
+                IdleBar idleBar = new IdleBar(type.getDefaultText());
+                idleBar.start();
+                return idleBar;
+            }
+            me.tongfei.progressbar.ProgressBar progressBar = new ProgressBarBuilder().setTaskName(type.getDefaultText()).setInitialMax(totalSteps)
+                    .setStyle(ProgressBarStyle.ASCII).build();
+            return new TongfeiProgressBar(progressBar);
+        } else {
+            return new VoidProgressBar();
         }
-        me.tongfei.progressbar.ProgressBar progressBar = new ProgressBarBuilder().setTaskName(type.getDefaultText()).setInitialMax(totalSteps)
-                .setStyle(ProgressBarStyle.ASCII).build();
-        return new TongfeiProgressBar(progressBar);
     }
 }
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/logger/CollectedLogger.java b/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/logger/CollectedLogger.java
index 2c37ec6255..b93e8cacf7 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/logger/CollectedLogger.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/logger/CollectedLogger.java
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ public class CollectedLogger extends AbstractLogger {
     private static final Level LOG_LEVEL_FOR_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES = Level.ERROR;
     private static final int MAXIMUM_MESSAGE_LENGTH = 32;
     private static final PrintStream TARGET_STREAM = System.out;
+    private static Level currentLogLevel = Level.INFO;
 
     private final transient SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd-hh:mm:ss_SSS");
     private final ConcurrentLinkedDeque<LogEntry> allErrors = new ConcurrentLinkedDeque<>();
-    private final Level currentLogLevel;
 
     /**
      * Indicator whether finalization is in progress.
@@ -33,21 +33,10 @@ public class CollectedLogger extends AbstractLogger {
 
     /**
      * Creates a logger with a specific name and level.
-     * @param currentLogLevel is the current log level.
-     * @param name is the name of the logger.
-     */
-    CollectedLogger(Level currentLogLevel, String name) {
-        this.currentLogLevel = currentLogLevel;
-        this.name = name;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a logger with a specific name and {@link Level.INFO}.
-     * @param currentLogLevel is the current log level.
      * @param name is the name of the logger.
      */
     CollectedLogger(String name) {
-        this(Level.INFO, name);
+        this.name = name;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -165,4 +154,12 @@ private void printLogEntry(LogEntry entry) {
         }
         TARGET_STREAM.flush();
     }
+
+    public static Level getLogLevel() {
+        return currentLogLevel;
+    }
+
+    public static void setLogLevel(Level logLevel) {
+        currentLogLevel = logLevel;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/logger/VoidProgressBar.java b/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/logger/VoidProgressBar.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1453fe392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/logger/VoidProgressBar.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package de.jplag.cli.logger;
+
+import de.jplag.logging.ProgressBar;
+
+/**
+ * An empty {@link ProgressBar} implementation, used to hide the progress bar depending on the log level.
+ */
+public class VoidProgressBar implements ProgressBar {
+    @Override
+    public void step(int number) {
+        // does nothing see class description
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void dispose() {
+        // does nothing see class description
+    }
+}
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/options/CliOptions.java b/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/options/CliOptions.java
index 0cc7f13260..73f95f91bc 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/options/CliOptions.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/de/jplag/cli/options/CliOptions.java
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 
+import org.slf4j.event.Level;
+
 import de.jplag.Language;
 import de.jplag.clustering.ClusteringAlgorithm;
 import de.jplag.clustering.ClusteringOptions;
@@ -101,6 +103,9 @@ public static class Advanced {
 
         @Option(names = "--overwrite", description = "Existing result files will be overwritten.")
         public boolean overwrite = false;
+
+        @Option(names = "--log-level", description = "Set the log level for the cli.")
+        public Level logLevel = Level.INFO;
     }
 
     public static class Clustering {
diff --git a/cli/src/test/java/de/jplag/cli/logger/VoidProgressBarTest.java b/cli/src/test/java/de/jplag/cli/logger/VoidProgressBarTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba4152164c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/test/java/de/jplag/cli/logger/VoidProgressBarTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package de.jplag.cli.logger;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
+import org.slf4j.event.Level;
+
+import de.jplag.logging.ProgressBar;
+import de.jplag.logging.ProgressBarType;
+
+class VoidProgressBarTest {
+    @Test
+    void testVoidProgressBarBehaviour() {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        PrintStream originalOutput = System.out;
+        System.setOut(new PrintStream(outputStream));
+
+        VoidProgressBar progressBar = new VoidProgressBar();
+        progressBar.step();
+        progressBar.step(2);
+        progressBar.dispose();
+
+        System.setOut(originalOutput);
+
+        Assertions.assertEquals("", outputStream.toString());
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource("getRelevantLogLevels")
+    void testVoidProgressBarCreated(Level logLevel) {
+        Level originalLogLevel = CollectedLogger.getLogLevel();
+        CollectedLogger.setLogLevel(logLevel);
+
+        ProgressBar progressBar = new CliProgressBarProvider().initProgressBar(ProgressBarType.CLUSTERING, 10);
+        progressBar.dispose();
+
+        Assertions.assertInstanceOf(VoidProgressBar.class, progressBar);
+
+        CollectedLogger.setLogLevel(originalLogLevel);
+    }
+
+    public static Level[] getRelevantLogLevels() {
+        return new Level[] {Level.TRACE, Level.DEBUG, Level.ERROR, Level.WARN};
+    }
+}
diff --git a/report-viewer/package-lock.json b/report-viewer/package-lock.json
index 8a39e60bf8..e2d80cc488 100644
--- a/report-viewer/package-lock.json
+++ b/report-viewer/package-lock.json
@@ -6210,12 +6210,6 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/chalk/ansi-styles?sponsor=1"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/sortablejs": {
-      "version": "1.15.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sortablejs/-/sortablejs-1.15.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-FJF5jgdfvoKn1MAKSdGs33bIqLi3LmsgVTliuX6iITj834F+JRQZN90Z93yql8h0K2t0RwDPBmxwlbZfDcxNZA==",
-      "peer": true
-    },
     "node_modules/source-map-js": {
       "version": "1.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/source-map-js/-/source-map-js-1.2.0.tgz",
@@ -6830,7 +6824,7 @@
       "version": "5.5.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-5.5.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-NcRtPEOsPFFWjobJEtfihkLCZCXZt/os3zf8nTxjVH3RvTSxjrCamJpbExGvYOF+tFHc3pA65qpdwPbzjohhew==",
-      "devOptional": true,
+      "dev": true,
       "bin": {
         "tsc": "bin/tsc",
         "tsserver": "bin/tsserver"