diff --git a/src/auth.c b/src/auth.c
index fbff604a..1f37151b 100644
--- a/src/auth.c
+++ b/src/auth.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ static void auth_add_client(auth_t *auth, client_t *client, void (*on_no_match)(
     auth_user->on_no_match = on_no_match;
     auth_user->on_result = on_result;
     auth_user->userdata = userdata;
-    ICECAST_LOG_INFO("adding client %p for authentication on %p", client, auth);
+    ICECAST_LOG_DEBUG("adding client %p for authentication on %p", client, auth);
     queue_auth_client(auth_user);
 }