diff --git a/contrib/epee/include/misc_log_ex.h b/contrib/epee/include/misc_log_ex.h
index 982aaea06..7ac07d112 100644
--- a/contrib/epee/include/misc_log_ex.h
+++ b/contrib/epee/include/misc_log_ex.h
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@
 #define _dbg2(x) MDEBUG(x)
 #define _dbg1(x) MDEBUG(x)
 #define _info(x) MINFO(x)
-#define _note(x) MINFO(x)
-#define _fact(x) MINFO(x)
-#define _mark(x) MINFO(x)
+#define _note(x) MDEBUG(x)
+#define _fact(x) MDEBUG(x)
+#define _mark(x) MDEBUG(x)
 #define _warn(x) MWARNING(x)
 #define _erro(x) MERROR(x)
 
diff --git a/contrib/epee/include/net/abstract_tcp_server2.inl b/contrib/epee/include/net/abstract_tcp_server2.inl
index 94ef7c3b3..00d03567c 100644
--- a/contrib/epee/include/net/abstract_tcp_server2.inl
+++ b/contrib/epee/include/net/abstract_tcp_server2.inl
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ PRAGMA_WARNING_DISABLE_VS(4355)
 		m_throttle_speed_in("speed_in", "throttle_speed_in"),
 		m_throttle_speed_out("speed_out", "throttle_speed_out")
   {
-    MINFO("test, connection constructor set m_connection_type="<<m_connection_type);
+    MDEBUG("test, connection constructor set m_connection_type="<<m_connection_type);
   }
 PRAGMA_WARNING_DISABLE_VS(4355)
   //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ PRAGMA_WARNING_DISABLE_VS(4355)
       address = endpoint.address().to_string();
       port = boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(endpoint.port());
     }
-    MINFO(" connection type " << to_string( m_connection_type ) << " "
+    MDEBUG(" connection type " << to_string( m_connection_type ) << " "
         << socket_.local_endpoint().address().to_string() << ":" << socket_.local_endpoint().port()
         << " <--> " << address << ":" << port);
   }
diff --git a/contrib/epee/src/mlog.cpp b/contrib/epee/src/mlog.cpp
index cfb2b7b15..74b7dd2f4 100644
--- a/contrib/epee/src/mlog.cpp
+++ b/contrib/epee/src/mlog.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static const char *get_default_categories(int level)
       categories = "*:WARNING,net:FATAL,net.p2p:FATAL,net.cn:FATAL,global:INFO,verify:FATAL,stacktrace:INFO,logging:INFO,msgwriter:INFO";
       break;
     case 1:
-      categories = "*:WARNING,global:INFO,stacktrace:INFO,logging:INFO,msgwriter:INFO";
+      categories = "*:INFO,global:INFO,stacktrace:INFO,logging:INFO,msgwriter:INFO";
       break;
     case 2:
       categories = "*:DEBUG";
diff --git a/src/blockchain_db/lmdb/db_lmdb.cpp b/src/blockchain_db/lmdb/db_lmdb.cpp
index 985244f6b..949d95ade 100644
--- a/src/blockchain_db/lmdb/db_lmdb.cpp
+++ b/src/blockchain_db/lmdb/db_lmdb.cpp
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ void BlockchainLMDB::check_and_resize_for_batch(uint64_t batch_num_blocks, uint6
   if (batch_num_blocks > 0)
   {
     threshold_size = get_estimated_batch_size(batch_num_blocks, batch_bytes);
-    LOG_PRINT_L1("calculated batch size: " << threshold_size);
+    MDEBUG("calculated batch size: " << threshold_size);
 
     // The increased DB size could be a multiple of threshold_size, a fixed
     // size increase (> threshold_size), or other variations.
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ void BlockchainLMDB::check_and_resize_for_batch(uint64_t batch_num_blocks, uint6
     // minimum size increase is used to avoid frequent resizes when the batch
     // size is set to a very small numbers of blocks.
     increase_size = (threshold_size > min_increase_size) ? threshold_size : min_increase_size;
-    LOG_PRINT_L1("increase size: " << increase_size);
+    MDEBUG("increase size: " << increase_size);
   }
 
   // if threshold_size is 0 (i.e. number of blocks for batch not passed in), it
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ uint64_t BlockchainLMDB::get_estimated_batch_size(uint64_t batch_num_blocks, uin
     block_start = block_stop - num_prev_blocks + 1;
   uint32_t num_blocks_used = 0;
   uint64_t total_block_size = 0;
-  LOG_PRINT_L1("[" << __func__ << "] " << "m_height: " << m_height << "  block_start: " << block_start << "  block_stop: " << block_stop);
+  MDEBUG("[" << __func__ << "] " << "m_height: " << m_height << "  block_start: " << block_start << "  block_stop: " << block_stop);
   size_t avg_block_size = 0;
   if (batch_bytes)
   {
@@ -614,12 +614,12 @@ uint64_t BlockchainLMDB::get_estimated_batch_size(uint64_t batch_num_blocks, uin
   }
   if (m_height == 0)
   {
-    LOG_PRINT_L1("No existing blocks to check for average block size");
+    MDEBUG("No existing blocks to check for average block size");
   }
   else if (m_cum_count >= num_prev_blocks)
   {
     avg_block_size = m_cum_size / m_cum_count;
-    LOG_PRINT_L1("average block size across recent " << m_cum_count << " blocks: " << avg_block_size);
+    MDEBUG("average block size across recent " << m_cum_count << " blocks: " << avg_block_size);
     m_cum_size = 0;
     m_cum_count = 0;
   }
@@ -638,12 +638,12 @@ uint64_t BlockchainLMDB::get_estimated_batch_size(uint64_t batch_num_blocks, uin
     }
     block_rtxn_stop();
     avg_block_size = total_block_size / num_blocks_used;
-    LOG_PRINT_L1("average block size across recent " << num_blocks_used << " blocks: " << avg_block_size);
+    MDEBUG("average block size across recent " << num_blocks_used << " blocks: " << avg_block_size);
   }
 estim:
   if (avg_block_size < min_block_size)
     avg_block_size = min_block_size;
-  LOG_PRINT_L1("estimated average block size for batch: " << avg_block_size);
+  MDEBUG("estimated average block size for batch: " << avg_block_size);
 
   // bigger safety margin on smaller block sizes
   if (batch_fudge_factor < 5000.0)