diff --git a/src/transcription/__main__.py b/src/transcription/__main__.py
index d8fe112..68fc9d6 100644
--- a/src/transcription/__main__.py
+++ b/src/transcription/__main__.py
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ def main() -> None:
     uvicorn.run(
         "transcription.app:create_app",
         factory=True,
-        host=settings.server.host,
-        port=settings.server.port,
+        host=settings.host,
+        port=settings.port,
         log_level=LOGGING_CONFIG.get("root", {}).get("level", "info").lower(),
-        reload=settings.server.reload,
+        reload=settings.reload,
     )
 
 
diff --git a/src/transcription/config.py b/src/transcription/config.py
index b6706be..9280c68 100644
--- a/src/transcription/config.py
+++ b/src/transcription/config.py
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ import logging.config
 from enum import StrEnum
 from functools import cache
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
 from typing import Literal
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel
-from pydantic import ConfigDict
 from pydantic import Field
 from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings
+from pydantic_settings import CliImplicitFlag
 from pydantic_settings import SettingsConfigDict
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -24,15 +24,6 @@ class Provider(StrEnum):
     OPENROUTER = "openrouter"
 
 
-class ServerSettings(BaseModel):
-    model_config = ConfigDict(frozen=True)
-
-    host: str = "0.0.0.0"
-    port: int = 8000
-    log_level: Literal["critical", "error", "warning", "info", "debug", "trace"] = "info"
-    reload: bool = False
-
-
 class Settings(BaseSettings):
     model_config = SettingsConfigDict(
         env_file=".env",
@@ -42,7 +33,10 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     )
 
     # --- NiceGUI Server ---
-    server: ServerSettings = Field(default_factory=ServerSettings)
+    host: str = "0.0.0.0"
+    port: int = 8000
+    log_level: Literal["critical", "error", "warning", "info", "debug", "trace"] = "info"
+    reload: CliImplicitFlag[bool] = False
 
     # --- AI provider ---
     provider: Provider = Provider.OPENROUTER
@@ -84,7 +78,7 @@ def get_settings(**kwargs) -> Settings:
     return Settings(**kwargs)
 
 
-LOGGING_CONFIG: dict[str, object] = {
+LOGGING_CONFIG: dict[str, Any] = {
     "version": 1,
     "disable_existing_loggers": False,
     "formatters": {
@@ -114,7 +108,10 @@ LOGGING_CONFIG: dict[str, object] = {
 }
 
 
-def configure_logging() -> None:
+def configure_logging(settings: Settings | None = None) -> None:
     """Configure root logging once at startup."""
-    logging.config.dictConfig(LOGGING_CONFIG)
+    cfg = LOGGING_CONFIG.copy()
+    active_settings = settings or get_settings()
+    cfg["loggers"]["transcription"]["level"] = active_settings.log_level.upper()
+    logging.config.dictConfig(cfg)
     logger.debug("Logging configured")