diff --git a/src/control_backend/agents/ri_communication_agent.py b/src/control_backend/agents/ri_communication_agent.py
index b489338..93fbf6c 100644
--- a/src/control_backend/agents/ri_communication_agent.py
+++ b/src/control_backend/agents/ri_communication_agent.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class RICommunicationAgent(BaseAgent):
                 topic = b"ping"
                 data = json.dumps(False).encode()
                 if self.agent.pub_socket is None:
-                    self.agent.logger.error(
+                    self.agent.logger.warning(
                         "Communication agent pub socket not correctly initialized."
                     )
                 else:
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class RICommunicationAgent(BaseAgent):
             break
 
         else:
-            self.logger.error("Failed to set up %s after %d retries", self.name, max_retries)
+            self.logger.warning("Failed to set up %s after %d retries", self.name, max_retries)
             return
 
         # Set up ping behaviour
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class RICommunicationAgent(BaseAgent):
         topic = b"ping"
         data = json.dumps(True).encode()
         if self.pub_socket is None:
-            self.logger.error("Communication agent pub socket not correctly initialized.")
+            self.logger.warning("Communication agent pub socket not correctly initialized.")
         else:
             try:
                 await asyncio.wait_for(self.pub_socket.send_multipart([topic, data]), 5)