diff --git a/octodns/cmds/args.py b/octodns/cmds/args.py
index 9b804ae..865a8a1 100644
--- a/octodns/cmds/args.py
+++ b/octodns/cmds/args.py
@@ -84,7 +84,11 @@ class ArgumentParser(_Base):
             logger.level = DEBUG
         elif args.quiet:
             logger.level = WARNING
+            # we still want plans to come out during quite so set the plan
+            # logger output to info in case the PlanLogger is being used
+            getLogger('Plan').setLevel(INFO)
 
+        # TODO: these should move out of octoDNS core...
         # boto is noisy, set it to warn
         getLogger('botocore').level = WARNING
         # DynectSession is noisy too
diff --git a/octodns/provider/plan.py b/octodns/provider/plan.py
index 30c0ff6..bc9723d 100644
--- a/octodns/provider/plan.py
+++ b/octodns/provider/plan.py
@@ -134,19 +134,6 @@ class _PlanOutput(object):
         self.name = name
 
 
-class _LogLevelSetter:
-    def __init__(self, logger, level):
-        self.logger = getLogger()
-        self.level = level
-
-    def __enter__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.original_level = self.logger.level
-        self.logger.setLevel(self.level)
-
-    def __exit__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.logger.setLevel(self.original_level)
-
-
 class PlanLogger(_PlanOutput):
     def __init__(self, name, level='info'):
         super().__init__(name)
@@ -203,8 +190,7 @@ class PlanLogger(_PlanOutput):
         buf.write(hr)
         buf.write('\n')
 
-        with _LogLevelSetter(log, INFO):
-            log.log(self.level, buf.getvalue())
+        log.log(self.level, buf.getvalue())
 
 
 def _value_stringifier(record, sep):