diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
index 5519abd..19b2636 100644
--- a/src/db.rs
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -715,7 +715,10 @@ pub async fn db_query(
         let mut row_count: usize = 0;
         // generate SQL query
         let (q, p) = query_from_sub(&sub);
-        debug!("SQL generated in {:?}", start.elapsed());
+        let sql_gen_elapsed = start.elapsed();
+        if sql_gen_elapsed > Duration::from_millis(10) {
+            debug!("SQL (slow) generated in {:?}", start.elapsed());
+        }
         // show pool stats
         log_pool_stats("reader", &pool);
         // cutoff for displaying slow queries
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index 6a2b581..644566c 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -248,10 +248,10 @@ pub fn start_server(settings: Settings, shutdown_rx: MpscReceiver<()>) -> Result
         // limit concurrent SQLite blocking threads
         .max_blocking_threads(settings.limits.max_blocking_threads)
         .on_thread_start(|| {
-            debug!("started new thread");
+            trace!("started new thread");
         })
         .on_thread_stop(|| {
-            debug!("stopping thread");
+            trace!("stopping thread");
         })
         .build()
         .unwrap();
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ async fn nostr_server(
                     // TODO: serialize at broadcast time, instead of
                     // once for each consumer.
                     if let Ok(event_str) = serde_json::to_string(&global_event) {
-                        debug!("sub match for client: {}, sub: {:?}, event: {:?}",
+                        trace!("sub match for client: {}, sub: {:?}, event: {:?}",
                                cid, s,
                                global_event.get_event_id_prefix());
                         // create an event response and send it