diff --git a/org.knime.knip.core/src/org/knime/knip/core/KNIPGateway.java b/org.knime.knip.core/src/org/knime/knip/core/KNIPGateway.java
index c5a0b063..64f01670 100644
--- a/org.knime.knip.core/src/org/knime/knip/core/KNIPGateway.java
+++ b/org.knime.knip.core/src/org/knime/knip/core/KNIPGateway.java
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ public class KNIPGateway {
 
     private KNIPGateway() {
         // set log level
-        System.setProperty(LogService.LOG_LEVEL_PROPERTY, "error");
+        System.setProperty(LogService.LOG_LEVEL_PROPERTY, "warn");
+        System.setProperty("scijava.plugin.blacklist", ".*StderrLogService");
 
         m_context = new Context(new PluginIndex(
                 new DefaultPluginFinder(new ResourceAwareClassLoader(getClass().getClassLoader(), getClass()))));