diff --git a/maestro/conductor.c b/maestro/conductor.c
index c9066551cae49ad95d264b89eb6fd67fff858d09..0164c8d2a4f0a1e5dddd95316067b709a988aa96 100644
--- a/maestro/conductor.c
+++ b/maestro/conductor.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ mstro_conductor_start(int64_t conductor_size)
   /* run conductor loop */
   sleep (2);
 
-  return MSTRO_UNIMPL;
+  WARN("Conductor not doing real work yet\n");
+  return MSTRO_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/maestro/core.c b/maestro/core.c
index 4ab1067a19bc84643e569ebd55c28d7d33a7352f..4421c6c2bddaa92e0ba7dec8396998b16a12506b 100644
--- a/maestro/core.c
+++ b/maestro/core.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ mstro_core_finalize(void)
     ERR("mstro_core_finalize() without matching mstro_core_init() call\n");
   } else {
     struct mstro_core_initdata *d = (struct mstro_core_initdata*)ptr;
-    DEBUG("finalize %s/%s/%"PRIi64 " in thread %" PRIxPTR,
+    DEBUG("finalize %s/%s/%"PRIi64 " in thread %" PRIxPTR "\n",
           d->workflow_name, d->component_name, d->component_index,
           (intptr_t)pthread_self());
     
diff --git a/maestro/ofi.c b/maestro/ofi.c
index cc40e5311d72295367b933a0e1320e964070cac9..23a95f3b3e376853f860e1ba3c49d65cbb515c51 100644
--- a/maestro/ofi.c
+++ b/maestro/ofi.c
@@ -1151,14 +1151,15 @@ mstro_ofi_init(void)
   /* create one entry in our global EP list per entry */
   size_t i=0;
   LL_FOREACH(fi,tmp) {
-    ERR("index %zu\n", i++);
+    NOISE("index %zu\n", i);
+    i++;
     retstat = mstro_ep_build_from_ofi(&(g_endpoints->eps[g_endpoints->size]),
                                       tmp);
     
     if(retstat!=MSTRO_OK) {
-      ERR("Failed to build EP, trying others\n");
+      WARN("Failed to build EP %zu, trying others\n", i);
     } else {
-      ERR("%zu. possible endpoint interface %s\n",
+      INFO("%zu. possible endpoint interface %s\n",
             g_endpoints->size,
             mstro_endpoint_describe(&g_endpoints->eps[g_endpoints->size]));
       g_endpoints->eps[g_endpoints->size].next