diff --git a/lib/base/application.cpp b/lib/base/application.cpp
index 742384d55..67e8ad3d9 100644
--- a/lib/base/application.cpp
+++ b/lib/base/application.cpp
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ void Application::SetResourceLimits(void)
 	rl.rlim_max = rl.rlim_cur;
 
 	if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rl) < 0)
-		Log(LogCritical, "base", "Could not adjust resource limit for open file handles (RLIMIT_NOFILE)");
+		Log(LogDebug, "base", "Could not adjust resource limit for open file handles (RLIMIT_NOFILE)");
 #	else /* RLIMIT_NOFILE */
-	Log(LogCritical, "base", "System does not support adjusting the resource limit for open file handles (RLIMIT_NOFILE)");
+	Log(LogDebug, "base", "System does not support adjusting the resource limit for open file handles (RLIMIT_NOFILE)");
 #	endif /* RLIMIT_NOFILE */
 
 #	ifdef RLIMIT_NPROC
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ void Application::SetResourceLimits(void)
 	rl.rlim_max = rl.rlim_cur;
 
 	if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC, &rl) < 0)
-		Log(LogCritical, "base", "Could not adjust resource limit for number of processes (RLIMIT_NPROC)");
+		Log(LogDebug, "base", "Could not adjust resource limit for number of processes (RLIMIT_NPROC)");
 #	else /* RLIMIT_NPROC */
-	Log(LogCritical, "base", "System does not support adjusting the resource limit for number of processes (RLIMIT_NPROC)");
+	Log(LogDebug, "base", "System does not support adjusting the resource limit for number of processes (RLIMIT_NPROC)");
 #	endif /* RLIMIT_NPROC */
 #endif /* _WIN32 */
 }