diff --git a/bookwyrm/apps.py b/bookwyrm/apps.py
index d494877d..786f86e1 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/apps.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/apps.py
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ def download_file(url, destination):
             with open(destination, "b+w") as outfile:
                 outfile.write(stream.read())
     except (urllib.error.HTTPError, urllib.error.URLError):
-        logger.error("Failed to download file %s", url)
+        logger.info("Failed to download file %s", url)
     except OSError:
-        logger.error("Couldn't open font file %s for writing", destination)
+        logger.info("Couldn't open font file %s for writing", destination)
     except:  # pylint: disable=bare-except
-        logger.exception("Unknown error in file download")
+        logger.info("Unknown error in file download")
 
 
 class BookwyrmConfig(AppConfig):
diff --git a/bookwyrm/connectors/abstract_connector.py b/bookwyrm/connectors/abstract_connector.py
index d8b9c630..56e27388 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/connectors/abstract_connector.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/connectors/abstract_connector.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class AbstractConnector(AbstractMinimalConnector):
             try:
                 work_data = self.get_work_from_edition_data(data)
             except (KeyError, ConnectorException) as err:
-                logger.exception(err)
+                logger.info(err)
                 work_data = data
 
         if not work_data or not edition_data:
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ def get_data(url, params=None, timeout=10):
             timeout=timeout,
         )
     except RequestException as err:
-        logger.exception(err)
+        logger.info(err)
         raise ConnectorException(err)
 
     if not resp.ok:
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ def get_data(url, params=None, timeout=10):
     try:
         data = resp.json()
     except ValueError as err:
-        logger.exception(err)
+        logger.info(err)
         raise ConnectorException(err)
 
     return data
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ def get_image(url, timeout=10):
             timeout=timeout,
         )
     except RequestException as err:
-        logger.exception(err)
+        logger.info(err)
         return None, None
 
     if not resp.ok:
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ def get_image(url, timeout=10):
     image_content = ContentFile(resp.content)
     extension = imghdr.what(None, image_content.read())
     if not extension:
-        logger.exception("File requested was not an image: %s", url)
+        logger.info("File requested was not an image: %s", url)
         return None, None
 
     return image_content, extension
diff --git a/bookwyrm/connectors/connector_manager.py b/bookwyrm/connectors/connector_manager.py
index 3bdd5cb4..14bb702c 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/connectors/connector_manager.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/connectors/connector_manager.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def search(query, min_confidence=0.1, return_first=False):
             try:
                 result_set = connector.isbn_search(isbn)
             except Exception as err:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
-                logger.exception(err)
+                logger.info(err)
                 # if this fails, we can still try regular search
 
         # if no isbn search results, we fallback to generic search
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def search(query, min_confidence=0.1, return_first=False):
                 result_set = connector.search(query, min_confidence=min_confidence)
             except Exception as err:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
                 # we don't want *any* error to crash the whole search page
-                logger.exception(err)
+                logger.info(err)
                 continue
 
         if return_first and result_set: