diff --git a/backend/src/landmarks/landmarks_manager.py b/backend/src/landmarks/landmarks_manager.py
index 97258d8..3b36f36 100644
--- a/backend/src/landmarks/landmarks_manager.py
+++ b/backend/src/landmarks/landmarks_manager.py
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class LandmarkManager:
                     out = 'ids center tags'
                     )
             except Exception as e:
-                self.logger.warning(f"Error fetching landmarks: {str(e)}")
+                self.logger.debug(f"Failed to fetch landmarks, proceeding without: {str(e)}")
                 continue
 
             return_list += self._to_landmarks(result, landmarktype, preference_level)
diff --git a/backend/src/logging_config.py b/backend/src/logging_config.py
index 2412787..a00302c 100644
--- a/backend/src/logging_config.py
+++ b/backend/src/logging_config.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def configure_logging():
 
         logger.info(f"Logging to Loki at {loki_url} with {loki_handler.labels} and {is_debug=}")
         logging_handlers = [loki_handler, logging.StreamHandler()]
-        logging_level = logging.DEBUG
+        logging_level = logging.DEBUG if is_debug else logging.INFO
         # silence the chatty logs loki generates itself
         logging.getLogger('urllib3.connectionpool').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
         # no need for time since it's added by loki or can be shown in kube logs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def configure_logging():
         # if we are in a debug (local) session, set verbose and rich logging
         from rich.logging import RichHandler
         logging_handlers = [RichHandler()]
-        logging_level = logging.DEBUG
+        logging_level = logging.DEBUG if is_debug else logging.INFO
         logging_format = '%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s'