diff --git a/lbrynet/dht/peerfinder.py b/lbrynet/dht/peerfinder.py
index 3b51f7a4e..09dd9a89f 100644
--- a/lbrynet/dht/peerfinder.py
+++ b/lbrynet/dht/peerfinder.py
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ class DHTPeerFinder(DummyPeerFinder):
         try:
             peer_list = yield finished_deferred
         except defer.TimeoutError:
-            log.warning("DHT timed out while looking peers for blob"
-                        " %s after %s seconds.", blob_hash, timeout)
+            log.debug("DHT timed out while looking peers for blob %s after %s seconds",
+                      blob_hash, timeout)
             peer_list = []
 
         peers = set(peer_list)