diff --git a/src/data_handling/data_preparation.py b/src/data_handling/data_preparation.py
index 5628394271918dc5631182d7de610db4ad335b7f..ea160b72aeed6855179d7e3f87629c3823bde592 100644
--- a/src/data_handling/data_preparation.py
+++ b/src/data_handling/data_preparation.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class DataPrep(object):
                     self.check_station_meta()
                 logging.debug("loading finished")
             except FileNotFoundError as e:
-                logging.warning(e)
+                logging.debug(e)
                 self.download_data(file_name, meta_file)
                 logging.debug("loaded new data from JOIN")
 
diff --git a/src/join.py b/src/join.py
index 351060f7bf4949801f94b04c13e3881f008389b6..973b12ba9136f6f7d93e0295984a50ffd59f3fac 100644
--- a/src/join.py
+++ b/src/join.py
@@ -53,10 +53,11 @@ def download_join(station_name: Union[str, List[str]], stat_var: dict, station_t
     # download all variables with given statistic
     data = None
     df = None
+    logging.info(f"load data for {station_name[0]} from JOIN")
     for var in _lower_list(sorted(vars_dict.keys())):
         if var in stat_var.keys():
 
-            logging.info('load: {}'.format(var))
+            logging.debug('load: {}'.format(var))
 
             # create data link
             opts = {'base': join_url_base, 'service': 'stats', 'id': vars_dict[var], 'statistics': stat_var[var],
diff --git a/src/run_modules/experiment_setup.py b/src/run_modules/experiment_setup.py
index b04c0e2ac2a2262c92c5f7149014206d0d390e18..a6e7e401332121ea6a35a5b1fe1d11258b771caa 100644
--- a/src/run_modules/experiment_setup.py
+++ b/src/run_modules/experiment_setup.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class ExperimentSetup(RunEnvironment):
                                                          sampling=sampling)
         self._set_param("experiment_name", exp_name)
         self._set_param("experiment_path", exp_path)
+        logging.info(f"Experiment path is: {exp_path}")
         helpers.check_path_and_create(self.data_store.get("experiment_path"))
 
         # set plot path