diff --git a/lokimq/auth.cpp b/lokimq/auth.cpp
index 068da56..f4c2bed 100644
--- a/lokimq/auth.cpp
+++ b/lokimq/auth.cpp
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ void LokiMQ::process_zap_requests() {
                     status_text = "Access denied";
                     user_id.clear();
                 } else {
-                    LMQ_LOG(info, "Accepted incoming ", view(frames[5]), (sn ? " service node" : " client"),
+                    LMQ_LOG(debug, "Accepted incoming ", view(frames[5]), (sn ? " service node" : " client"),
                             " connection with authentication level ", result.auth,
                             " from ", !user_id.empty() ? user_id + " at " : ""s, ip);
 
diff --git a/lokimq/connections.cpp b/lokimq/connections.cpp
index b3f829f..636c9dc 100644
--- a/lokimq/connections.cpp
+++ b/lokimq/connections.cpp
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ void LokiMQ::proxy_expire_idle_peers() {
                 ++it;
                 continue;
             }
-            LMQ_LOG(info, "Closing outgoing connection to ", it->first, ": idle timeout reached");
+            LMQ_LOG(debug, "Closing outgoing connection to ", it->first, ": idle timeout reached");
             proxy_close_connection(info.conn_index, CLOSE_LINGER);
         } else {
             ++it;
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ void LokiMQ::proxy_connect_remote(bt_dict_consumer data) {
     if (conn_id == -1 || remote.empty())
         throw std::runtime_error("Internal error: CONNECT_REMOTE proxy command missing required 'conn_id' and/or 'remote' value");
 
-    LMQ_LOG(info, "Establishing remote connection to ", remote, remote_pubkey.empty() ? " (NULL auth)" : " via CURVE expecting pubkey " + to_hex(remote_pubkey));
+    LMQ_LOG(debug, "Establishing remote connection to ", remote, remote_pubkey.empty() ? " (NULL auth)" : " via CURVE expecting pubkey " + to_hex(remote_pubkey));
 
     assert(conn_index_to_id.size() == connections.size());
 
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ void LokiMQ::proxy_disconnect(ConnectionID conn, std::chrono::milliseconds linge
     for (auto it = pr.first; it != pr.second; ++it) {
         auto& peer = it->second;
         if (peer.outgoing()) {
-            LMQ_LOG(info, "Closing outgoing connection to ", conn);
+            LMQ_LOG(debug, "Closing outgoing connection to ", conn);
             proxy_close_connection(peer.conn_index, linger);
             return;
         }
diff --git a/lokimq/proxy.cpp b/lokimq/proxy.cpp
index 9893a45..91465ad 100644
--- a/lokimq/proxy.cpp
+++ b/lokimq/proxy.cpp
@@ -223,8 +223,7 @@ void LokiMQ::proxy_reply(bt_dict_consumer data) {
             break;
         } catch (const zmq::error_t &err) {
             if (err.num() == EHOSTUNREACH) {
-                LMQ_LOG(info, "Unable to send reply to incoming non-SN request: remote is no longer connected");
-                LMQ_LOG(debug, "Incoming connection is no longer valid; removing peer details");
+                LMQ_LOG(debug, "Unable to send reply to incoming non-SN request: remote is no longer connected; removing peer details");
                 it = peers.erase(it);
             } else {
                 LMQ_LOG(warn, "Unable to send reply to incoming non-SN request: ", err.what());
@@ -500,7 +499,7 @@ bool LokiMQ::proxy_handle_builtin(size_t conn_index, std::vector<zmq::message_t>
             LMQ_LOG(warn, "Got invalid 'HI' message on an outgoing connection; ignoring");
             return true;
         }
-        LMQ_LOG(info, "Incoming client from ", peer_address(parts.back()), " sent HI, replying with HELLO");
+        LMQ_LOG(debug, "Incoming client from ", peer_address(parts.back()), " sent HI, replying with HELLO");
         try {
             send_routed_message(connections[conn_index], std::string{route}, "HELLO");
         } catch (const std::exception &e) { LMQ_LOG(warn, "Couldn't reply with HELLO: ", e.what()); }
@@ -523,7 +522,7 @@ bool LokiMQ::proxy_handle_builtin(size_t conn_index, std::vector<zmq::message_t>
             return true;
         }
 
-        LMQ_LOG(info, "Got initial HELLO server response from ", peer_address(parts.back()));
+        LMQ_LOG(debug, "Got initial HELLO server response from ", peer_address(parts.back()));
         proxy_schedule_reply_job([on_success=std::move(std::get<ConnectSuccess>(pc)),
                 conn=conn_index_to_id[conn_index]] {
             on_success(conn);
@@ -537,7 +536,7 @@ bool LokiMQ::proxy_handle_builtin(size_t conn_index, std::vector<zmq::message_t>
             AuthLevel a;
             std::tie(pk, sn, a) = detail::extract_metadata(parts.back());
             ConnectionID conn = sn ? ConnectionID{std::move(pk)} : conn_index_to_id[conn_index];
-            LMQ_LOG(info, "BYE command received; disconnecting from ", conn);
+            LMQ_LOG(debug, "BYE command received; disconnecting from ", conn);
             proxy_disconnect(conn, 1s);
         } else {
             LMQ_LOG(warn, "Got invalid 'BYE' command on an incoming socket; ignoring");