diff --git a/src/gpgmm/common/Debug.cpp b/src/gpgmm/common/Debug.cpp
index be89a1818..3de1594f0 100644
--- a/src/gpgmm/common/Debug.cpp
+++ b/src/gpgmm/common/Debug.cpp
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ namespace gpgmm {
         const std::string description = mStream.str();
 
         gpgmm::Log(mSeverity) << mName << ": " << description;
-#if defined(GPGMM_ENABLE_ASSERT_ON_WARNING)
-        ASSERT(mSeverity < LogSeverity::Warning);
-#endif
         if (mSeverity >= gRecordEventLevel) {
             LOG_MESSAGE message{description, mMessageId};
             GPGMM_TRACE_EVENT_OBJECT_CALL(mName, message);
diff --git a/src/gpgmm/common/EventTraceWriter.cpp b/src/gpgmm/common/EventTraceWriter.cpp
index 3662a44ae..6d8c773b5 100644
--- a/src/gpgmm/common/EventTraceWriter.cpp
+++ b/src/gpgmm/common/EventTraceWriter.cpp
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ namespace gpgmm {
         std::ofstream outFile;
         outFile.open(mTraceFile);
         if (!outFile.fail()) {
-            WarningLog() << mTraceFile + " exists and will be overwritten.";
+            InfoLog() << mTraceFile + " exists and will be overwritten.";
         }
 
         outFile << traceData.ToString();
diff --git a/src/gpgmm/utils/Log.cpp b/src/gpgmm/utils/Log.cpp
index 5fd8e98ee..cc5fee96e 100644
--- a/src/gpgmm/utils/Log.cpp
+++ b/src/gpgmm/utils/Log.cpp
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ namespace gpgmm {
                 ToString(std::this_thread::get_id()).c_str(), fullMessage.c_str());
         fflush(outputStream);
 #endif
+
+#if defined(GPGMM_ENABLE_ASSERT_ON_WARNING)
+        ASSERT(mSeverity < LogSeverity::Warning);
+#endif
     }
 
     LogMessage DebugLog() {