diff --git a/bin/deltalogparse.py b/bin/deltalogparse.py
index 57a04beb94bffe2951459b6c954cdec54b09af60..155e7588355b0b3c55a696b6734597bb72034f06 100755
--- a/bin/deltalogparse.py
+++ b/bin/deltalogparse.py
@@ -176,7 +176,9 @@ def log_action(action, entry):
     if not action == 'skip':
         log.debug('entry:')
         log.debug(pprint.pformat(entry, indent=1))
-    log.info('{}: {} {}'.format(action, req_type, req_dn))
+        log.info('{}: {} {}'.format(action, req_type, req_dn))
+    else:
+        log.debug('{}: {} {}'.format(action, req_type, req_dn))
 
 
 def write(entry):
@@ -207,7 +209,7 @@ def sleep(start_time):
     elapsed_time = current_time - start_time
     sleep_time = update_every - elapsed_time
 
-    log.info('runtime {0:.3f}s, sleeping {1:.3f}s'.format(elapsed_time, sleep_time))
+    log.debug('runtime {0:.3f}s, sleeping {1:.3f}s'.format(elapsed_time, sleep_time))
 
     if sleep_time > 0:
         time.sleep(sleep_time)
@@ -224,7 +226,7 @@ def main():
             log.error('connected to slapd')
 
     try:
-        log.info('trying to read last req from {}'.format(log_file_deltalog))
+        log.error('trying to read last req from {}'.format(log_file_deltalog))
         last_line = getlastline(log_file_deltalog).decode('utf-8')
         #req_json = last_line.split(': ', maxsplit=1)[1]
         req_json = last_line.split(' >>> ', maxsplit=1)[1]
@@ -233,11 +235,11 @@ def main():
         log.debug('last line pretty:')
         log.debug(pprint.pformat(req, indent=1))
         req_start = req['attributes']['reqStart'][0]
-        log.info('continuing from last logged req: {}'.format(req_start))
+        log.error('continuing from last logged req: {}'.format(req_start))
     except:
         log.exception('error: trying to retrieve last req')
         req_start = datetime.datetime.utcnow().strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S.%fZ')
-        log.info('using current timestamp: {}'.format(req_start))
+        log.error('using current timestamp: {}'.format(req_start))
 
     while True:
         start_time = time.perf_counter()
@@ -261,7 +263,7 @@ def main():
                 req_type = entry['attributes']['reqType'][0]
                 req_dn = entry['attributes']['reqDN'][0]
 
-                log.info('processing: {}'.format(entry['dn']))
+                log.debug('processing: {}'.format(entry['dn']))
 
                 if req_type == 'modify':
                     if is_skipped(entry):