diff --git a/java-examples/src/main/java/bisq/bots/AbstractBot.java b/java-examples/src/main/java/bisq/bots/AbstractBot.java
index 6c4936e..1aaf28c 100644
--- a/java-examples/src/main/java/bisq/bots/AbstractBot.java
+++ b/java-examples/src/main/java/bisq/bots/AbstractBot.java
@@ -890,7 +890,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractBot {
         try {
             var defaultFilename = defaultPropertiesFilename.get();
             properties.load(this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(defaultFilename));
-            log.info("Internal configuration loaded from {}.", defaultFilename);
+            if (this instanceof RegtestTradePaymentSimulator) {
+                log.debug("Internal configuration loaded from {}.", defaultFilename);
+            } else {
+                log.info("Internal configuration loaded from {}.", defaultFilename);
+            }
         } catch (Exception ex) {
             throw new IllegalStateException(ex);
         }
@@ -911,7 +915,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractBot {
             Properties properties = new java.util.Properties();
             try {
                 properties.load(is);
-                log.info("External configuration loaded from {}.", confFile.getAbsolutePath());
+                if (this instanceof RegtestTradePaymentSimulator) {
+                    log.debug("External configuration loaded from {}.", confFile.getAbsolutePath());
+                } else {
+                    log.info("External configuration loaded from {}.", confFile.getAbsolutePath());
+                }
                 return properties;
             } catch (FileNotFoundException ignored) {
                 // Cannot happen here.  Ignore FileNotFoundException because confFile.exists() == true.
diff --git a/java-examples/src/main/java/bisq/bots/GrpcStubs.java b/java-examples/src/main/java/bisq/bots/GrpcStubs.java
index 2f6d101..6a35aa2 100644
--- a/java-examples/src/main/java/bisq/bots/GrpcStubs.java
+++ b/java-examples/src/main/java/bisq/bots/GrpcStubs.java
@@ -63,9 +63,11 @@ final class GrpcStubs {
     public void close() {
         try {
             if (!channel.isShutdown()) {
-                log.info("Shutting down bot's grpc channel.");
+                log.debug("Shutting down bot's grpc channel.");
                 channel.shutdown().awaitTermination(1, SECONDS);
-                log.info("Bot channel shutdown complete.");
+                log.debug("Bot channel shutdown complete.");
+            } else {
+                log.warn("Bot channel already shut down!");
             }
         } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
             throw new IllegalStateException(ex);