diff --git a/commonrbacutil.go b/commonrbacutil.go
index 18c8971b..439518db 100644
--- a/commonrbacutil.go
+++ b/commonrbacutil.go
@@ -122,14 +122,14 @@ func AddSaToRoleBindingWithRetries(logger *zap.Logger, k8sClient *kubernetes.Cli
 	for i := 0; i < MaxRetries; i++ {
 		_, err = k8sClient.RbacV1beta1().RoleBindings(roleBindingNs).Patch(roleBinding, types.JSONPatchType, patchJson)
 		if err == nil {
-			logger.Info("patched rolebinding",
+			logger.Debug("patched rolebinding",
 				zap.String("role_binding", roleBinding),
 				zap.String("role_binding_namespace", roleBindingNs))
 			return err
 		}
 
 		if k8serrors.IsNotFound(err) {
-			logger.Info("rolebinding not found - will try to create it",
+			logger.Error("rolebinding not found - will try to create it",
 				zap.Error(err),
 				zap.String("role_binding", roleBinding),
 				zap.String("role_binding_namespace", roleBindingNs))
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func AddSaToRoleBindingWithRetries(logger *zap.Logger, k8sClient *kubernetes.Cli
 			}
 
 			if k8serrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
-				logger.Info("rolebinding object already exists, retrying patch",
+				logger.Error("rolebinding object already exists, retrying patch",
 					zap.Error(err),
 					zap.String("role_binding", roleBinding),
 					zap.String("role_binding_namespace", roleBindingNs))
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func AddSaToRoleBindingWithRetries(logger *zap.Logger, k8sClient *kubernetes.Cli
 			// but one CI run did show patch errored out on conflict : https://api.travis-ci.org/v3/job/373161490/log.txt, look for :
 			// Error returned by rolebinding patch : <some more text> there is a meaningful conflict (firstResourceVersion: "35482724", currentResourceVersion: "35482849")
 			// so, m guessing retrying patch should help. will watch out for any such conflicts and fix the issue if any
-			logger.Info("conflict reported on patch of rolebinding - retrying patch operation",
+			logger.Error("conflict reported on patch of rolebinding - retrying patch operation",
 				zap.String("role_binding", roleBinding),
 				zap.String("role_binding_namespace", roleBindingNs))
 			continue
diff --git a/executor/newdeploy/newdeploymgr.go b/executor/newdeploy/newdeploymgr.go
index 460e3c7f..e1f1b03c 100644
--- a/executor/newdeploy/newdeploymgr.go
+++ b/executor/newdeploy/newdeploymgr.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func MakeNewDeploy(
 	if len(os.Getenv("ENABLE_ISTIO")) > 0 {
 		istio, err := strconv.ParseBool(os.Getenv("ENABLE_ISTIO"))
 		if err != nil {
-			logger.Info("failed to parse 'ENABLE_ISTIO'")
+			logger.Error("failed to parse 'ENABLE_ISTIO', set to false", zap.Error(err))
 		}
 		enableIstio = istio
 	}
diff --git a/executor/poolmgr/packagewatcher.go b/executor/poolmgr/packagewatcher.go
index 38d62cd8..02a9ae0b 100644
--- a/executor/poolmgr/packagewatcher.go
+++ b/executor/poolmgr/packagewatcher.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func (gpm *GenericPoolManager) makePkgController(fissionClient *crd.FissionClien
 		k8sCache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
 			AddFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
 				pkg := obj.(*crd.Package)
-				gpm.logger.Info("list watch for package reported a new package addition",
+				gpm.logger.Debug("list watch for package reported a new package addition",
 					zap.String("package_name", pkg.Metadata.Name),
 					zap.String("package_namepsace", pkg.Metadata.Namespace))
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (gpm *GenericPoolManager) makePkgController(fissionClient *crd.FissionClien
 					return
 				}
 
-				gpm.logger.Info("successfully set up rolebinding for fetcher service account",
+				gpm.logger.Debug("successfully set up rolebinding for fetcher service account",
 					zap.String("service_account", fission.FissionFetcherSA),
 					zap.String("service_account_namespace", envNs),
 					zap.String("package_name", pkg.Metadata.Name),
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func (gpm *GenericPoolManager) makePkgController(fissionClient *crd.FissionClien
 						return
 					}
 
-					gpm.logger.Info("successfully updated rolebinding for fetcher service account",
+					gpm.logger.Debug("successfully updated rolebinding for fetcher service account",
 						zap.String("service_account", fission.FissionFetcherSA),
 						zap.String("service_account_namespace", envNs),
 						zap.String("package_name", newPkg.Metadata.Name),
diff --git a/executor/reaper/reaper.go b/executor/reaper/reaper.go
index baf6ea3c..44316e80 100644
--- a/executor/reaper/reaper.go
+++ b/executor/reaper/reaper.go
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ func CleanupRoleBindings(logger *zap.Logger, client *kubernetes.Clientset, fissi
 			// finally, make a call to RemoveSAFromRoleBindingWithRetries for all the service accounts that need to be removed
 			// for the role-binding in this iteration
 			if len(saToRemove) != 0 {
-				logger.Info("removing service accounts from role binding",
+				logger.Debug("removing service accounts from role binding",
 					zap.Any("service_accounts", saToRemove),
 					zap.String("role_binding_name", roleBinding.Name),
 					zap.String("role_binding_namespace", roleBinding.Namespace))
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ func CleanupRoleBindings(logger *zap.Logger, client *kubernetes.Clientset, fissi
 				if err != nil {
 					// if there's an error, we just log it and proceed with the next role-binding, hoping that this role-binding
 					// will be processed in next iteration.
-					logger.Info("error removing service account from role binding",
+					logger.Debug("error removing service account from role binding",
 						zap.Error(err),
 						zap.Any("service_accounts", saToRemove),
 						zap.String("role_binding_name", roleBinding.Name),