diff --git a/plugin.c b/plugin.c
index 632a076..91433e7 100644
--- a/plugin.c
+++ b/plugin.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ zathura_plugin_manager_load(zathura_plugin_manager_t* plugin_manager)
   while ((name = (char*) g_dir_read_name(dir)) != NULL) {
     char* path = g_build_filename(plugindir, name, NULL);
     if (g_file_test(path, G_FILE_TEST_IS_REGULAR) == 0) {
-      girara_info("%s is not a regular file. Skipping.", path);
+      girara_debug("%s is not a regular file. Skipping.", path);
       g_free(path);
       continue;
     }
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ zathura_plugin_manager_load(zathura_plugin_manager_t* plugin_manager)
       girara_error("could not register plugin %s", path);
       zathura_plugin_free(plugin);
     } else {
-      girara_info("successfully loaded plugin %s", path);
+      girara_debug("successfully loaded plugin %s", path);
 
       zathura_plugin_version_function_t plugin_major = NULL, plugin_minor = NULL, plugin_rev = NULL;
       g_module_symbol(handle, PLUGIN_VERSION_MAJOR_FUNCTION,    (gpointer*) &plugin_major);
diff --git a/zathura.c b/zathura.c
index 8da1375..c5e7c9a 100644
--- a/zathura.c
+++ b/zathura.c
@@ -212,11 +212,11 @@ zathura_init(zathura_t* zathura)
   girara_setting_get(zathura->ui.session, "database", &database);
 
   if (g_strcmp0(database, "plain") == 0) {
-    girara_info("Using plain database backend.");
+    girara_debug("Using plain database backend.");
     zathura->database = zathura_plaindatabase_new(zathura->config.data_dir);
 #ifdef WITH_SQLITE
   } else if (g_strcmp0(database, "sqlite") == 0) {
-    girara_info("Using sqlite database backend.");
+    girara_debug("Using sqlite database backend.");
     char* tmp = g_build_filename(zathura->config.data_dir, "bookmarks.sqlite", NULL);
     zathura->database = zathura_sqldatabase_new(tmp);
     g_free(tmp);