diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/app/mod.rs b/web3_proxy/src/app/mod.rs
index 0c60ce81..accd2d60 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/app/mod.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/app/mod.rs
@@ -1099,6 +1099,7 @@ impl Web3ProxyApp {
             | "shh_version") => {
                 // TODO: client error stat
                 // TODO: proper error code
+                // TODO: right now this sends a warn level log. thats too verbose
                 return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("method unsupported: {}", method));
             }
             // TODO: implement these commands
@@ -1109,6 +1110,7 @@ impl Web3ProxyApp {
             | "eth_newPendingTransactionFilter"
             | "eth_uninstallFilter") => {
                 // TODO: unsupported command stat
+                // TODO: right now this sends a warn level log. thats too verbose
                 return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("not yet implemented: {}", method));
             }
             // some commands can use local data or caches
diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/connection.rs b/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/connection.rs
index ea3f9c67..bfb8a9a3 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/connection.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/connection.rs
@@ -337,7 +337,15 @@ impl Web3Connection {
             );
 
             let retry_in = Duration::from_millis(sleep_ms);
-            info!(
+
+            let error_level = if self.backup {
+                log::Level::Debug
+            } else {
+                log::Level::Info
+            };
+
+            log::log!(
+                error_level,
                 "Failed reconnect to {}! Retry in {}ms. err={:?}",
                 self,
                 retry_in.as_millis(),