diff --git a/update_feeds.php b/update_feeds.php
index 967d2e429..d3d6a72cc 100644
--- a/update_feeds.php
+++ b/update_feeds.php
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 	// directory defined in config.php won't be accessible
 	define('MAGPIE_CACHE_DIR', '/var/tmp/magpie-ttrss-cache-cli');
 	define('SIMPLEPIE_CACHE_DIR',	'/var/tmp/simplepie-ttrss-cache-cli');
-
+	define('DEFAULT_ERROR_LEVEL', E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE);
 	define('DISABLE_SESSIONS', true);
 
+	error_reporting(DEFAULT_ERROR_LEVEL);
+
 	require_once "sanity_check.php";
 	require_once "config.php";
 	require_once "db.php";