diff --git a/radixdlt-core/radixdlt/src/main/java/com/radixdlt/network/p2p/transport/ExceptionHandler.java b/radixdlt-core/radixdlt/src/main/java/com/radixdlt/network/p2p/transport/ExceptionHandler.java
index be27ca11ee..fb0f5bfaa4 100644
--- a/radixdlt-core/radixdlt/src/main/java/com/radixdlt/network/p2p/transport/ExceptionHandler.java
+++ b/radixdlt-core/radixdlt/src/main/java/com/radixdlt/network/p2p/transport/ExceptionHandler.java
@@ -109,8 +109,12 @@ private void handleFailure(Future<?> future, ChannelHandlerContext ctx) {
   }
 
   private void logAndCloseChannel(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Throwable cause) {
-    var affectedEntity = mainHandler.map(Object::toString).orElse("channel");
-    log.warn("Exception on {} {}, closing channel to prevent resource leak", affectedEntity, cause);
+    if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
+      var affectedEntity = mainHandler.map(Object::toString).orElse("(to a peer via proxy)");
+      log.trace("Closing channel {} due to {}", affectedEntity, cause);
+    }
+
+    // The channel is closed to prevent a resource leak
     ctx.close();
   }
 }
diff --git a/radixdlt-core/radixdlt/src/main/java/com/radixdlt/statecomputer/RadixEngineStateComputer.java b/radixdlt-core/radixdlt/src/main/java/com/radixdlt/statecomputer/RadixEngineStateComputer.java
index 9c968b975b..6afc35cb61 100644
--- a/radixdlt-core/radixdlt/src/main/java/com/radixdlt/statecomputer/RadixEngineStateComputer.java
+++ b/radixdlt-core/radixdlt/src/main/java/com/radixdlt/statecomputer/RadixEngineStateComputer.java
@@ -227,8 +227,11 @@ public void addToMempool(MempoolAdd mempoolAdd, @Nullable BFTNode origin) {
             txn -> {
               try {
                 addToMempool(txn, origin);
+              } catch (MempoolDuplicateException ex) {
+                log.trace(
+                    "Transaction {} was not added as it was already in the mempool", txn.getId());
               } catch (MempoolRejectedException ex) {
-                log.debug("Txn rejected from the mempool", ex);
+                log.debug("Transaction {} was not added to the mempool", txn.getId(), ex);
               }
             });
   }