diff --git a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/socks/I2PSOCKSIRCTunnel.java b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/socks/I2PSOCKSIRCTunnel.java
index 566ed1731cfab36e39cbefe0ab50074155328284..2c0fc2d7762e3753c7283b13e7135efb0fe2e310 100644
--- a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/socks/I2PSOCKSIRCTunnel.java
+++ b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/socks/I2PSOCKSIRCTunnel.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import net.i2p.i2ptunnel.irc.IrcOutboundFilter;
 import net.i2p.i2ptunnel.Logging;
 import net.i2p.util.EventDispatcher;
 import net.i2p.util.I2PAppThread;
+import net.i2p.util.Log;
 
 /*
  * Pipe SOCKS IRC connections through I2PTunnelIRCClient filtering,
@@ -56,7 +57,8 @@ public class I2PSOCKSIRCTunnel extends I2PSOCKSTunnel {
                                           "SOCKS IRC Client " + __clientId + " out", true);
             out.start();
         } catch (SOCKSException e) {
-            _log.error("Error from SOCKS connection", e);
+            if (_log.shouldLog(Log.WARN))
+                _log.warn("Error from SOCKS connection", e);
             closeSocket(s);
         }
     }
diff --git a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/socks/I2PSOCKSTunnel.java b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/socks/I2PSOCKSTunnel.java
index 9d6439c37fa8fbb2d54fd95f41c290572a450a83..1cf873966dbac7346f76a705d25632c47310133e 100644
--- a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/socks/I2PSOCKSTunnel.java
+++ b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/socks/I2PSOCKSTunnel.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import net.i2p.i2ptunnel.I2PTunnelClientBase;
 import net.i2p.i2ptunnel.I2PTunnelRunner;
 import net.i2p.i2ptunnel.Logging;
 import net.i2p.util.EventDispatcher;
+import net.i2p.util.Log;
 
 public class I2PSOCKSTunnel extends I2PTunnelClientBase {
 
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ public class I2PSOCKSTunnel extends I2PTunnelClientBase {
             I2PSocket destSock = serv.getDestinationI2PSocket(this);
             new I2PTunnelRunner(clientSock, destSock, sockLock, null, mySockets);
         } catch (SOCKSException e) {
-            _log.error("Error from SOCKS connection", e);
+            if (_log.shouldLog(Log.WARN))
+                _log.warn("Error from SOCKS connection", e);
             closeSocket(s);
         }
     }