diff --git a/src/currency_protocol/currency_protocol_handler.inl b/src/currency_protocol/currency_protocol_handler.inl
index a5ee5b1f..d9a36d8d 100644
--- a/src/currency_protocol/currency_protocol_handler.inl
+++ b/src/currency_protocol/currency_protocol_handler.inl
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ namespace currency
     std::vector<int64_t> time_deltas_copy(m_time_deltas.begin(), m_time_deltas.end());
 
     m_last_median2local_time_difference = epee::misc_utils::median(time_deltas_copy);
-    LOG_PRINT_MAGENTA("TIME: network time difference is " << m_last_median2local_time_difference << " (max is " << TIME_SYNC_DELTA_TO_LOCAL_MAX_DIFFERENCE << ")", LOG_LEVEL_2);
+    LOG_PRINT_MAGENTA("TIME: network time difference is " << m_last_median2local_time_difference << " (max is " << TIME_SYNC_DELTA_TO_LOCAL_MAX_DIFFERENCE << ")", m_last_median2local_time_difference >= 3 ? LOG_LEVEL_2 : LOG_LEVEL_3);
     if (std::abs(m_last_median2local_time_difference) > TIME_SYNC_DELTA_TO_LOCAL_MAX_DIFFERENCE)
     {
       int64_t ntp_time = tools::get_ntp_time();