diff --git a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/MACScheduler.cc b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/MACScheduler.cc
index 2b1be5279aa90855587db91cc516b226e052ee0a..ee6cd42d954faf96cb22935cb5b7ff9eaedfb884 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/MACScheduler.cc
+++ b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/MACScheduler.cc
@@ -624,17 +624,15 @@ void MACScheduler::_doOTDBcheck()
 //
 void MACScheduler::_updatePlannedList()
 {
-	LOG_INFO("_updatePlannedList()");
+	LOG_DEBUG("_updatePlannedList()");
 
 	// get time info
 	time_t	now = time(0);
 	ptime	currentTime = from_time_t(now);
 	ASSERTSTR (currentTime != not_a_date_time, "Can't determine systemtime, bailing out");
 
-        LOG_INFO_STR("calling getTreeGroup");
 	// get new list (list is ordered on starttime) of planned observations
 	vector<OTDBtree> plannedDBlist = itsOTDBconnection->getTreeGroup(1, itsPlannedPeriod, itsExclPLcluster);
-        LOG_INFO_STR("called getTreeGroup, nr of items in plannedDBlist: " << plannedDBlist.size());
 
 	if (!plannedDBlist.empty()) {
 		LOG_DEBUG(formatString("OTDBCheck:First planned observation (%d) is at %s (active over %d seconds)",
@@ -724,14 +722,14 @@ void MACScheduler::_updatePlannedList()
 
 					// add controller to our 'monitor' administration
 					itsControllerMap[cntlrName] =  obsID;
-					LOG_INFO_STR("itsControllerMap[" << cntlrName << "]=" <<  obsID);
+					LOG_DEBUG_STR("itsControllerMap[" << cntlrName << "]=" <<  obsID);
 					if (!itsPreparedObs[obsID].parsetDistributed) {
 						_setParsetOnMsgBus(observationParset(obsID));
 						itsPreparedObs[obsID].parsetDistributed = true;
 					}
 				}
 				else {
-					LOG_INFO_STR("Observation " << obsID << " is already (being) started");
+					LOG_DEBUG_STR("Observation " << obsID << " is already (being) started");
 				}
 			}
 		}