diff --git a/DDCore/src/Plugins.cpp b/DDCore/src/Plugins.cpp
index ed229db3b6d66137bba3ac6d541650cdfe5b1555..76852ea18c69d794dc2b4c92158dd3679c4e81c7 100644
--- a/DDCore/src/Plugins.cpp
+++ b/DDCore/src/Plugins.cpp
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ namespace   {
     }
 #if !defined(DD4HEP_PARSERS_NO_ROOT)
     if ( 0 != gSystem->Load(plugin_name) )   {
-      printout(INFO,"Plugins","Failed to load plugin manager library: %s",plugin_name);
+      printout(DEBUG,"Plugins","Failed to load plugin manager library: %s",plugin_name);
     }
 #else
     handle = ::dlopen(plugin_name, RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_GLOBAL);