diff --git a/src/mpsd_software_manager/mpsd_software.py b/src/mpsd_software_manager/mpsd_software.py
index 82969197091afa1e2ccd050b07c90291732d30e2..ff5099ce1714bc79e5a854414730b7e854ce5780 100755
--- a/src/mpsd_software_manager/mpsd_software.py
+++ b/src/mpsd_software_manager/mpsd_software.py
@@ -1098,8 +1098,7 @@ def initialize_environment(root_dir: Path) -> None:
     # check if the root_dir is not already initialized
     init_file = root_dir / config_vars["init_file"]
     if init_file.exists():
-        # warn using the print logger as the release dir may not yet prepared
-        logging.getLogger("print").warning(
+        logging.getLogger("print").info(
             f"Error: Directory {str(root_dir)} is already initialized."
         )
         sys.exit(1)