diff --git a/internal/vm/libkrun/instance.go b/internal/vm/libkrun/instance.go
index a9f6809..0377786 100644
--- a/internal/vm/libkrun/instance.go
+++ b/internal/vm/libkrun/instance.go
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func (*vmManager) NewInstance(ctx context.Context, state string) (vm.Instance, e
 
 	var ret int32
 	setLogging.Do(func() {
-		ret = lib.InitLog(os.Stderr.Fd(), uint32(debugLevel), 0, 0)
+		ret = lib.InitLog(os.Stderr.Fd(), uint32(warnLevel), 0, 0)
 	})
 	if ret != 0 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("krun_init_log failed: %d", ret)
diff --git a/internal/vm/libkrun/krun.go b/internal/vm/libkrun/krun.go
index 4e196c5..07e4da5 100644
--- a/internal/vm/libkrun/krun.go
+++ b/internal/vm/libkrun/krun.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ const (
 type logLevel uint32
 
 const (
-	debugLevel logLevel = 1
+	warnLevel logLevel = 2
 )
 
 type vmcontext struct {