diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 954fb888..aacbb8f3 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ group :development do
 end
 
 group :development, :test do
+  gem 'rails-dev-tweaks'
   gem 'spinach-rails'
   gem "rspec-rails"
   gem "capybara"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 87fd1c90..ecc25a05 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -277,6 +277,9 @@ GEM
       activesupport (= 3.2.8)
       bundler (~> 1.0)
       railties (= 3.2.8)
+    rails-dev-tweaks (0.6.1)
+      actionpack (~> 3.1)
+      railties (~> 3.1)
     railties (3.2.8)
       actionpack (= 3.2.8)
       activesupport (= 3.2.8)
@@ -447,6 +450,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   pygments.rb (= 0.3.1)
   rack-mini-profiler
   rails (= 3.2.8)
+  rails-dev-tweaks
   raphael-rails (= 1.5.2)
   rb-fsevent
   rb-inotify
diff --git a/config/initializers/quite_assets.rb b/config/initializers/quite_assets.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6fed1803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/quite_assets.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+if Rails.env.development?
+  Rails.application.assets.logger = Logger.new('/dev/null')
+  Rails::Rack::Logger.class_eval do
+    def call_with_quiet_assets(env)
+      previous_level = Rails.logger.level
+      Rails.logger.level = Logger::ERROR if env['PATH_INFO'] =~ %r{^/assets/}
+      call_without_quiet_assets(env)
+    ensure
+      Rails.logger.level = previous_level
+    end
+    alias_method_chain :call, :quiet_assets
+  end
+end