diff --git a/fairmq/FairMQDevice.cxx b/fairmq/FairMQDevice.cxx
index bba62ab9..1cf08a8c 100644
--- a/fairmq/FairMQDevice.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/FairMQDevice.cxx
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ bool FairMQDevice::AttachChannel(FairMQChannel& ch)
             }
             catch (fair::mq::SocketError& se)
             {
-                LOG(ERROR) << se.what();
+                LOG(error) << se.what();
                 return false;
             }
         }
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ void FairMQDevice::CreateOwnConfig()
     try {
         fDefaultTransportType = fair::mq::TransportTypes.at(fConfig->GetValue<string>("transport"));
     } catch(const exception& e) {
-        LOG(ERROR) << "invalid transport type provided: " << fConfig->GetValue<string>("transport");
+        LOG(error) << "invalid transport type provided: " << fConfig->GetValue<string>("transport");
     }
 }
 
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ void FairMQDevice::SetConfig(FairMQProgOptions& config)
     try {
         fDefaultTransportType = fair::mq::TransportTypes.at(fConfig->GetValue<string>("transport"));
     } catch(const exception& e) {
-        LOG(ERROR) << "invalid transport type provided: " << fConfig->GetValue<string>("transport");
+        LOG(error) << "invalid transport type provided: " << fConfig->GetValue<string>("transport");
     }
     SetTransport(fConfig->GetValue<string>("transport"));
 }
diff --git a/fairmq/options/FairMQProgOptions.cxx b/fairmq/options/FairMQProgOptions.cxx
index 3715ceb8..932defb3 100644
--- a/fairmq/options/FairMQProgOptions.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/options/FairMQProgOptions.cxx
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ int FairMQProgOptions::PrintOptions()
 
     for (const auto& o : fUnregisteredOptions)
     {
-        LOG(WARN) << "detected unregistered option: " << o;
+        LOG(debug) << "detected unregistered option: " << o;
     }
 
     stringstream ss;
diff --git a/fairmq/plugins/DDS/DDS.cxx b/fairmq/plugins/DDS/DDS.cxx
index 6f75621c..86b8aae3 100644
--- a/fairmq/plugins/DDS/DDS.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/plugins/DDS/DDS.cxx
@@ -110,12 +110,12 @@ auto DDS::HandleControl() -> void
         // and propagate addresses of bound channels to DDS.
         FillChannelContainers();
 
-        LOG(DEBUG) << "$DDS_TASK_PATH: " << getenv("DDS_TASK_PATH");
-        LOG(DEBUG) << "$DDS_GROUP_NAME: " << getenv("DDS_GROUP_NAME");
-        LOG(DEBUG) << "$DDS_COLLECTION_NAME: " << getenv("DDS_COLLECTION_NAME");
-        LOG(DEBUG) << "$DDS_TASK_NAME: " << getenv("DDS_TASK_NAME");
-        LOG(DEBUG) << "$DDS_TASK_INDEX: " << getenv("DDS_TASK_INDEX");
-        LOG(DEBUG) << "$DDS_COLLECTION_INDEX: " << getenv("DDS_COLLECTION_INDEX");
+        LOG(debug) << "$DDS_TASK_PATH: " << getenv("DDS_TASK_PATH");
+        LOG(debug) << "$DDS_GROUP_NAME: " << getenv("DDS_GROUP_NAME");
+        LOG(debug) << "$DDS_COLLECTION_NAME: " << getenv("DDS_COLLECTION_NAME");
+        LOG(debug) << "$DDS_TASK_NAME: " << getenv("DDS_TASK_NAME");
+        LOG(debug) << "$DDS_TASK_INDEX: " << getenv("DDS_TASK_INDEX");
+        LOG(debug) << "$DDS_COLLECTION_INDEX: " << getenv("DDS_COLLECTION_INDEX");
 
         // start DDS service - subscriptions will only start firing after this step
         fService.start();
diff --git a/fairmq/shmem/FairMQSocketSHM.cxx b/fairmq/shmem/FairMQSocketSHM.cxx
index fd7d449d..d164b2e8 100644
--- a/fairmq/shmem/FairMQSocketSHM.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/shmem/FairMQSocketSHM.cxx
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ int FairMQSocketSHM::ReceiveImpl(FairMQMessagePtr& msg, const int flags, const i
             const auto numMsgs = nbytes / sizeof(MetaHeader);
             if (numMsgs > 1)
             {
-                LOG(ERROR) << "Receiving SHM multipart with a single message receive call";
+                LOG(error) << "Receiving SHM multipart with a single message receive call";
             }
 
             assert (numMsgs == 1);
@@ -311,13 +311,13 @@ int64_t FairMQSocketSHM::SendImpl(vector<FairMQMessagePtr>& msgVec, const int fl
         else if (zmq_errno() == ETERM)
         {
             zmq_msg_close (&lZmqMsg);
-            LOG(INFO) << "terminating socket " << fId;
+            LOG(info) << "terminating socket " << fId;
             return -1;
         }
         else
         {
             zmq_msg_close (&lZmqMsg);
-            LOG(ERROR) << "Failed sending on socket " << fId << ", reason: " << zmq_strerror(errno);
+            LOG(error) << "Failed sending on socket " << fId << ", reason: " << zmq_strerror(errno);
             return nbytes;
         }
     }