diff --git a/pkg/util/log/log.go b/pkg/util/log/log.go
index 76300b4ff12..a7b7f4c3a7f 100644
--- a/pkg/util/log/log.go
+++ b/pkg/util/log/log.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var (
 	pkgpath           = filepath.Dir(thisfile)
 	repopath          = strings.Replace(thisfile, "pkg/util/log/log.go", "", -1)
 
-	loglevel = flag.String("loglevel", "info", "{panic,fatal,error,warning,info,debug,trace}")
+	loglevel = flag.String("loglevel", "debug", "{panic,fatal,error,warning,info,debug,trace}")
 
 	// matches URLs that look like /subscriptions/%s/providers/%s/%s
 	RXProviderResourceKind = regexp.MustCompile(`^/subscriptions/([^/]+)/providers/([^/]+)/([^/]+)$`)
diff --git a/test/e2e/setup.go b/test/e2e/setup.go
index 52ee6952a1e..6a5ac9d11ac 100644
--- a/test/e2e/setup.go
+++ b/test/e2e/setup.go
@@ -464,15 +464,15 @@ func setup(ctx context.Context) error {
 func done(ctx context.Context) error {
 	// terminate early if delete flag is set to false
 	if os.Getenv("CI") != "" && os.Getenv("E2E_DELETE_CLUSTER") != "false" {
-		cluster, err := cluster.New(log, _env, os.Getenv("CI") != "")
+		_, err := cluster.New(log, _env, os.Getenv("CI") != "")
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		err = cluster.Delete(ctx, vnetResourceGroup, clusterName)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+		// err = cluster.Delete(ctx, vnetResourceGroup, clusterName)
+		// if err != nil {
+		// 	return err
+		// }
 	}
 
 	return nil