diff --git a/syndicate/src/actor.rs b/syndicate/src/actor.rs
index f11db18..da62a14 100644
--- a/syndicate/src/actor.rs
+++ b/syndicate/src/actor.rs
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ preserves_schema::support::lazy_static! {
         let credit =
             std::env::var("SYNDICATE_CREDIT").unwrap_or("100".to_owned())
             .parse::<i64>().expect("Valid SYNDICATE_CREDIT environment variable");
-        tracing::info!("Configured SYNDICATE_CREDIT = {}", credit);
+        tracing::debug!("Configured SYNDICATE_CREDIT = {}", credit);
         credit
     };
 
diff --git a/syndicate/src/tracer.rs b/syndicate/src/tracer.rs
index d35097c..ada5a1e 100644
--- a/syndicate/src/tracer.rs
+++ b/syndicate/src/tracer.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pub fn convenient_logging() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         _ =>
             tracing_subscriber::filter::EnvFilter::try_from_default_env()?,
     };
-    let subscriber = tracing_subscriber::FmtSubscriber::builder()
+    let subscriber = tracing_subscriber::fmt()
         .with_ansi(true)
         .with_max_level(tracing::Level::TRACE)
         .with_env_filter(filter)