diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/cluster/messaging/impl/ClusterCommunicationManager.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/cluster/messaging/impl/ClusterCommunicationManager.java
index 38e1322..849ad17 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/cluster/messaging/impl/ClusterCommunicationManager.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/cluster/messaging/impl/ClusterCommunicationManager.java
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
             return messagingService.sendAndReceive(nodeEp, message.subject().value(), SERIALIZER.encode(message));
 
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            log.error("Failed interaction with remote nodeId: " + toNodeId, e);
+            log.trace("Failed interaction with remote nodeId: " + toNodeId, e);
             throw e;
         }
     }
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/service/impl/DatabaseStateMachine.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/service/impl/DatabaseStateMachine.java
index ad6773e..2822f25 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/service/impl/DatabaseStateMachine.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/service/impl/DatabaseStateMachine.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package org.onlab.onos.store.service.impl;
 
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@
 import org.onlab.onos.store.service.WriteRequest;
 import org.onlab.onos.store.service.WriteResult;
 import org.onlab.util.KryoNamespace;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 
@@ -28,6 +31,8 @@
  */
 public class DatabaseStateMachine implements StateMachine {
 
+    private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+
     public static final KryoSerializer SERIALIZER = new KryoSerializer() {
         @Override
         protected void setupKryoPool() {
@@ -161,7 +166,7 @@
         try {
             return SERIALIZER.encode(state);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
+            log.error("Snapshot serialization error", e);
             return null;
         }
     }
@@ -171,7 +176,7 @@
         try {
             this.state = SERIALIZER.decode(data);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
+            log.error("Snapshot deserialization error", e);
         }
     }
 }