diff --git a/backend/cluster_config.py b/backend/cluster_config.py
index 20ec9e98023dfd01b46a30492f74057aea1a1aed..f814e1c4351e9e3ab56cefc07ce77146fb7d6d57 100644
--- a/backend/cluster_config.py
+++ b/backend/cluster_config.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def populate_apps():
     for app in App.query.all():
         slug = app.slug
         database_apps[slug] = app
-        logging.info(f"database app: {slug}")
+        logging.debug(f"database app: {slug}")
     _populate_apps_from(database_apps, "stackspin-apps")
     _populate_apps_from(database_apps, "stackspin-apps-custom")
 
@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@ def _populate_apps_from(database_apps, configmap_name):
         logging.info(f"Could not find configmap '{configmap_name}' in namespace 'flux-system'; ignoring.")
     else:
         for app_slug, app_data in cm_apps.items():
-            logging.info(f"configmap app: {app_slug}")
+            logging.debug(f"configmap app: {app_slug}")
             if app_slug in database_apps:
-                logging.info(f"  already present in database")
+                logging.debug(f"  already present in database")
             else:
-                logging.info(f"  not present in database, adding!")
+                logging.debug(f"  not present in database, adding!")
                 data = yaml.safe_load(app_data)
                 name = data["name"]
-                logging.info(f"  name: {name}")
+                logging.debug(f"  name: {name}")
                 external = data.get("external", False)
-                logging.info(f"  type external: {type(external)}")
-                logging.info(f"  external: {external}")
+                logging.debug(f"  type external: {type(external)}")
+                logging.debug(f"  external: {external}")
                 url = data.get("url", None)
-                logging.info(f"  url: {url}")
+                logging.debug(f"  url: {url}")
                 new_app = App(slug=app_slug, name=name, external=external, url=url)
                 db.session.add(new_app)
         db.session.commit()
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def populate_oauthclients():
     for client in OAuthClientApp.query.all():
         id = client.oauthclient_id
         database_oauthclients[id] = client
-        logging.info(f"database oauthclient: {id}")
+        logging.debug(f"database oauthclient: {id}")
     _populate_oauthclients_from(database_oauthclients, "stackspin-oauthclients")
     _populate_oauthclients_from(database_oauthclients, "stackspin-oauthclients-custom")
 
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ def _populate_oauthclients_from(database_oauthclients, configmap_name):
         logging.info(f"Could not find configmap '{configmap_name}' in namespace 'flux-system'; ignoring.")
     else:
         for client_id, client_app in cm_oauthclients.items():
-            logging.info(f"configmap oauthclient: {client_id}")
+            logging.debug(f"configmap oauthclient: {client_id}")
             if client_id in database_oauthclients:
-                logging.info(f"  already present in database")
+                logging.debug(f"  already present in database")
             else:
-                logging.info(f"  not present in database, adding!")
+                logging.debug(f"  not present in database, adding!")
                 # Take the value of the configmap mapping (`client_app`) and
                 # interpret it as the slug of the app that this oauthclient
                 # belongs to.
@@ -78,6 +78,6 @@ def _populate_oauthclients_from(database_oauthclients, configmap_name):
                     logging.error(f"  could not find app with slug {client_app}")
                     continue
                 new_client = OAuthClientApp(oauthclient_id=client_id, app_id=app.id)
-                logging.info(f"  new oauth client: {new_client}")
+                logging.debug(f"  new oauth client: {new_client}")
                 db.session.add(new_client)
         db.session.commit()