diff --git a/server/lib/dbRetry.ts b/server/lib/dbRetry.ts
index 7f8d1eea8..9dcf84c7c 100644
--- a/server/lib/dbRetry.ts
+++ b/server/lib/dbRetry.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export async function withRetry<T>(
                 const jitter = Math.random() * baseDelay;
                 const delay = baseDelay + jitter;
                 logger.warn(
-                    `Transient DB error in ${context}, retrying attempt ${attempt}/${maxRetries} after ${delay.toFixed(0)}ms`,
+                    `Transient DB issue in ${context}, retrying attempt ${attempt}/${maxRetries} after ${delay.toFixed(0)}ms`,
                     { code: error?.code ?? error?.cause?.code }
                 );
                 await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, delay));
diff --git a/server/private/routers/hybrid.ts b/server/private/routers/hybrid.ts
index bf3afa382..caad19732 100644
--- a/server/private/routers/hybrid.ts
+++ b/server/private/routers/hybrid.ts
@@ -2478,7 +2478,12 @@ hybridRouter.post(
                 destinations: destinations
             });
         } catch (error) {
-            logger.error(error);
+            if (!(
+                error instanceof Error &&
+                error.message === "Exit node not allowed"
+            )) {
+                logger.error(error);
+            }
             return next(
                 createHttpError(
                     HttpCode.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
diff --git a/server/routers/olm/handleOlmServerInitAddPeerHandshake.ts b/server/routers/olm/handleOlmServerInitAddPeerHandshake.ts
index b3aaffb93..6bad5b89b 100644
--- a/server/routers/olm/handleOlmServerInitAddPeerHandshake.ts
+++ b/server/routers/olm/handleOlmServerInitAddPeerHandshake.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export const handleOlmServerInitAddPeerHandshake: MessageHandler = async (
             );
 
         if (!resources || resources.length === 0) {
-            logger.error(
+            logger.warn(
                 `handleOlmServerInitAddPeerHandshake: Resource not found`
             );
             await sendCancel();
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export const handleOlmServerInitAddPeerHandshake: MessageHandler = async (
 
         if (resources.length > 1) {
             // error but this should not happen because the nice id cant contain a dot and the alias has to have a dot and both have to be unique within the org so there should never be multiple matches
-            logger.error(
+            logger.warn(
                 `handleOlmServerInitAddPeerHandshake: Multiple resources found matching the criteria`
             );
             return;
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export const handleOlmServerInitAddPeerHandshake: MessageHandler = async (
             );
 
         if (currentResourceAssociationCaches.length === 0) {
-            logger.error(
+            logger.warn(
                 `handleOlmServerInitAddPeerHandshake: Client ${client.clientId} does not have access to resource ${resource.siteResourceId}`
             );
             await sendCancel();
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export const handleOlmServerInitAddPeerHandshake: MessageHandler = async (
         }
 
         if (!resource.networkId) {
-            logger.error(
+            logger.warn(
                 `handleOlmServerInitAddPeerHandshake: Resource ${resource.siteResourceId} has no network`
             );
             await sendCancel();
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ export const handleOlmServerInitAddPeerHandshake: MessageHandler = async (
             .where(eq(siteNetworks.networkId, resource.networkId));
 
         if (!siteRows || siteRows.length === 0) {
-            logger.error(
+            logger.warn(
                 `handleOlmServerInitAddPeerHandshake: No sites found for resource ${resource.siteResourceId}`
             );
             await sendCancel();
@@ -164,9 +164,7 @@ export const handleOlmServerInitAddPeerHandshake: MessageHandler = async (
     }
 
     if (sitesToProcess.length === 0) {
-        logger.error(
-            `handleOlmServerInitAddPeerHandshake: No sites to process`
-        );
+        logger.warn(`handleOlmServerInitAddPeerHandshake: No sites to process`);
         await sendCancel();
         return;
     }
@@ -193,7 +191,7 @@ export const handleOlmServerInitAddPeerHandshake: MessageHandler = async (
         }
 
         if (!site.exitNodeId) {
-            logger.error(
+            logger.warn(
                 `handleOlmServerInitAddPeerHandshake: Site ${site.siteId} has no exit node, skipping`
             );
             continue;
@@ -205,7 +203,7 @@ export const handleOlmServerInitAddPeerHandshake: MessageHandler = async (
             .where(eq(exitNodes.exitNodeId, site.exitNodeId));
 
         if (!exitNode) {
-            logger.error(
+            logger.warn(
                 `handleOlmServerInitAddPeerHandshake: Exit node not found for site ${site.siteId}, skipping`
             );
             continue;
@@ -229,7 +227,7 @@ export const handleOlmServerInitAddPeerHandshake: MessageHandler = async (
     }
 
     if (!handshakeInitiated) {
-        logger.error(
+        logger.warn(
             `handleOlmServerInitAddPeerHandshake: No accessible sites with valid exit nodes found, cancelling chain`
         );
         await sendCancel();