diff --git a/db.go b/db.go
index cc90640..151cc91 100644
--- a/db.go
+++ b/db.go
@@ -327,6 +327,10 @@ func NewEvent(domain, action string) *Event {
 	}
 }
 
+func (e *Event) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %s %s", e.Domain, e.Action, e.Entity, string(e.Args))
+}
+
 func (e *Event) Log(db *gorm.DB) {
 	if len(e.ArgsMap) > 0 {
 		var err error
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ func (e *Event) Log(db *gorm.DB) {
 			log.Printf("error: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
-	log.Printf("event: %v", e)
+	log.Printf("info: %s", e)
 	if err := db.Create(e).Error; err != nil {
 		log.Printf("warning: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/dbinit.go b/dbinit.go
index a0b880c..9e10c02 100644
--- a/dbinit.go
+++ b/dbinit.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"time"
@@ -12,7 +13,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 func dbInit(db *gorm.DB) error {
+	log.SetOutput(ioutil.Discard)
 	db.Callback().Delete().Replace("gorm:delete", hardDeleteCallback)
+	log.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
 
 	m := gormigrate.New(db, gormigrate.DefaultOptions, []*gormigrate.Migration{
 		{
@@ -530,7 +533,7 @@ func dbInit(db *gorm.DB) error {
 		if err := db.Create(&user).Error; err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		log.Printf("Admin user created, use the user 'invite:%s' to associate a public key with this account", user.InviteToken)
+		log.Printf("info 'admin' user created, use the user 'invite:%s' to associate a public key with this account", user.InviteToken)
 	}
 
 	// create host ssh key
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 50e421a..3546a73 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -269,6 +269,6 @@ func server(c *cli.Context) error {
 		return nil
 	})
 
-	log.Printf("SSH Server accepting connections on %s", c.String("bind-address"))
+	log.Printf("info: SSH Server accepting connections on %s", c.String("bind-address"))
 	return ssh.ListenAndServe(c.String("bind-address"), nil, opts...)
 }