diff --git a/userspace/wrsw_hal/hal_exports.c b/userspace/wrsw_hal/hal_exports.c
index 61daea14f15f2e04e979245d030fc0061b82285a..359988084fb98587ad3b1b95ca274ba077972466 100644
--- a/userspace/wrsw_hal/hal_exports.c
+++ b/userspace/wrsw_hal/hal_exports.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ int hal_check_running()
 	struct wrs_shm_head *hal_head;
 	hal_head = wrs_shm_get(wrs_shm_hal, "", WRS_SHM_READ);
 	if (!hal_head) {
-		pr_info("Unable to open shm for HAL! Unable to check if there "
+		pr_error("Unable to open shm for HAL! Unable to check if there "
 			"is another HAL instance running. Error: %s\n",
 			strerror(errno));
 		exit(-1);
diff --git a/userspace/wrsw_hal/hal_main.c b/userspace/wrsw_hal/hal_main.c
index ebe0c5988f12b12ef3548eda6518f335944f7ffb..cfe7c851f91031bdff682a71b7e327a2c6b2ef76 100644
--- a/userspace/wrsw_hal/hal_main.c
+++ b/userspace/wrsw_hal/hal_main.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static void call_cleanup_cbs(void)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	pr_info("Cleaning up...\n");
+	pr_debug("Cleaning up...\n");
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_CLEANUP_CALLBACKS; i++)
 		if (cleanup_cb[i])
 			cleanup_cb[i] ();
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static int hal_init(void)
 	//trace_log_stderr();
 
 	int line;
-	pr_info("initializing...\n");
+	pr_debug("initializing...\n");
 
 	memset(cleanup_cb, 0, sizeof(cleanup_cb));
 
@@ -220,8 +220,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	wrs_msg_init(argc, argv);
 
 	/* Print HAL's version */
-	wrs_msg(LOG_ALERT, "wrsw_hal. Commit %s, built on " __DATE__ "\n",
-		__GIT_VER__);
+	pr_info("wrsw_hal. Commit %s, built on " __DATE__ "\n", __GIT_VER__);
 
 	/* Prevent from running HAL twice - it will likely freeze the system */
 	if (hal_check_running()) {
diff --git a/userspace/wrsw_hal/hal_ports.c b/userspace/wrsw_hal/hal_ports.c
index a5a9ff39454245615dce056c77678426a00b9ed2..9b46f629cdff51f9a611b0efe747a668da477d0d 100644
--- a/userspace/wrsw_hal/hal_ports.c
+++ b/userspace/wrsw_hal/hal_ports.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static int hal_port_init(int index)
 			pr_error("port index %i (%s): invalid role "
 				"\"%s\" specified\n", index, name, s);
 
-		pr_info("Port %s: mode %i\n", p->name, val);
+		pr_debug("Port %s: mode %i\n", p->name, val);
 	}
 
 	/* Get fiber type */
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ static void hal_port_poll_sfp(void)
 				if (ports[i].in_use
 				    && (mask ^ old_mask) & (1 << hw_index)) {
 					int insert = mask & (1 << hw_index);
-					pr_info("Detected SFP %s "
+					pr_info("SFP Info: Detected SFP %s "
 					      "on port %s.\n",
 					      insert ? "insertion" : "removal",
 					      ports[i].name);