diff --git a/cmdstanpy/stanfit/__init__.py b/cmdstanpy/stanfit/__init__.py
index bd13495b..ebf918bd 100644
--- a/cmdstanpy/stanfit/__init__.py
+++ b/cmdstanpy/stanfit/__init__.py
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ def from_csv(
                 runset._set_retcode(i, 0)
             return CmdStanPathfinder(runset)
         else:
-            get_logger().info(
+            get_logger().warning(
                 'Unable to process CSV output files from method %s.',
                 (config_dict['method']),
             )
diff --git a/cmdstanpy/utils/logging.py b/cmdstanpy/utils/logging.py
index f6115901..6f52e3eb 100644
--- a/cmdstanpy/utils/logging.py
+++ b/cmdstanpy/utils/logging.py
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ def get_logger() -> logging.Logger:
     if not logger.hasHandlers():
         # send all messages to handlers
         logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-        # add a default handler to the logger to INFO and higher
+        # add a default handler to the logger to WARNING and higher
         handler = logging.StreamHandler()
-        handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+        handler.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
         handler.setFormatter(
             logging.Formatter(
                 "%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s",