diff --git a/ndsl/dsl/dace/dace_config.py b/ndsl/dsl/dace/dace_config.py
index 8f3d2688..78dcb7a5 100644
--- a/ndsl/dsl/dace/dace_config.py
+++ b/ndsl/dsl/dace/dace_config.py
@@ -204,12 +204,25 @@ def __init__(
                 "openmp_sections",
                 value=0,
             )
+            # Resolve "march/mtune" option
+            #  - turn numeric-centric SSE by default
+            #  - Neoverse-V2 Grace CPU will fail - use alternative mcpu=native.
+            #    Detecting neoverse-v1/2 requires an external package, we swap it
+            #    for a read on GH200 nodes themselves
+            march_option = "-Xcompiler -march=native"
+            if (
+                cp is not None
+                and cp.cuda.runtime.getDeviceProperties(0)["name"]
+                == b"NVIDIA GH200 480GB"
+            ):
+                march_option = "-Xcompiler -mcpu=native"
+
             # Removed --fast-math
             dace.config.Config.set(
                 "compiler",
                 "cuda",
                 "args",
-                value="-std=c++14 -Xcompiler -fPIC -O3 -Xcompiler -march=native",
+                value=f"-std=c++14 -Xcompiler -fPIC -O3 {march_option}",
             )
 
             cuda_sm = 60
diff --git a/ndsl/logging.py b/ndsl/logging.py
index 2ec6f979..5e7c845e 100644
--- a/ndsl/logging.py
+++ b/ndsl/logging.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from mpi4py import MPI
 
 
-LOGLEVEL = os.environ.get("PACE_LOGLEVEL", "INFO").upper()
+LOGLEVEL = os.environ.get("PACE_LOGLEVEL", "INFO").lower()
 
 # Python log levels are hierarchical, therefore setting INFO
 # means DEBUG and everything lower will be logged.
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@
 
 def _ndsl_logger() -> logging.Logger:
     name_log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-    name_log.setLevel(LOGLEVEL)
+    name_log.setLevel(AVAILABLE_LOG_LEVELS[LOGLEVEL])
 
     handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
-    handler.setLevel(LOGLEVEL)
+    handler.setLevel(AVAILABLE_LOG_LEVELS[LOGLEVEL])
     formatter = logging.Formatter(
         fmt=(
             f"%(asctime)s|%(levelname)s|rank {MPI.COMM_WORLD.Get_rank()}|"
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ def _ndsl_logger() -> logging.Logger:
 
 def _ndsl_logger_on_rank_0() -> logging.Logger:
     name_log = logging.getLogger(f"{__name__}_on_rank_0")
-    name_log.setLevel(LOGLEVEL)
+    name_log.setLevel(AVAILABLE_LOG_LEVELS[LOGLEVEL])
 
     rank = MPI.COMM_WORLD.Get_rank()
 
     if rank == 0:
         handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
-        handler.setLevel(LOGLEVEL)
+        handler.setLevel(AVAILABLE_LOG_LEVELS[LOGLEVEL])
         formatter = logging.Formatter(
             fmt=(
                 f"%(asctime)s|%(levelname)s|rank {MPI.COMM_WORLD.Get_rank()}|"