diff --git a/board/common/rootfs/etc/default/zebra b/board/common/rootfs/etc/default/zebra
index 5ce4e34c..4467b9af 100644
--- a/board/common/rootfs/etc/default/zebra
+++ b/board/common/rootfs/etc/default/zebra
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # --log-level debug
-ZEBRA_ARGS="-A 127.0.0.1 -u frr -g frr --log syslog "
+ZEBRA_ARGS="-A 127.0.0.1 -u frr -g frr --log syslog --log-level err"
diff --git a/src/confd/src/routing.c b/src/confd/src/routing.c
index 194b503a..e9110e42 100644
--- a/src/confd/src/routing.c
+++ b/src/confd/src/routing.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ hostname Router\n\
 password zebra \n\
 enable password zebra\n\
 no log unique-id\n\
-log syslog informational\n\
+log syslog warnings\n\
 log facility local2\n"
 
 int parse_rip_redistribute(sr_session_ctx_t *session, struct lyd_node *redistributes, FILE *fp)