diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/stat/PersistenceHelper.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/stat/PersistenceHelper.java
index 764b0c8aa..8df6e77fb 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/stat/PersistenceHelper.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/stat/PersistenceHelper.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class PersistenceHelper {
                 _log.error("Error formatting " + val + " into a long", nfe);
             }
         } else {
-            _log.error("Key " + prefix + name + " does not exist");
+            _log.warn("Key " + prefix + name + " does not exist");
         }
         return 0;
     }
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/JobQueue.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/JobQueue.java
index 3a22d0ac8..3420e3b24 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/JobQueue.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/JobQueue.java
@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ public class JobQueue {
 
         _context.statManager().addRateData("jobQueue.readyJobs", numReady, 0);
         if (shouldDrop(job, numReady)) {
-            if (_log.shouldLog(Log.ERROR))
-                _log.error("Dropping job due to overload!  # ready jobs: " 
-                           + numReady + ": job = " + job);
+            if (_log.shouldLog(Log.WARN))
+                _log.warn("Dropping job due to overload!  # ready jobs: " 
+                          + numReady + ": job = " + job);
             job.dropped();
             _context.statManager().addRateData("jobQueue.droppedJobs", 1, 1);
             awaken(1);