diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ipc/Client.java b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ipc/Client.java
index bdeabac2f..fcd084032 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ipc/Client.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ipc/Client.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class Client implements IpcCommunicator {
 	public static Client create(Path socketPath) throws IOException {
 		var address = UnixDomainSocketAddress.of(socketPath);
 		var socketChannel = SocketChannel.open(address);
-		LOG.info("Connected to IPC server on UNIX socket {}", socketPath);
+		LOG.info("Connected to IPC server on socket {}", socketPath);
 		return new Client(socketChannel);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ipc/IpcCommunicator.java b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ipc/IpcCommunicator.java
index 8667591d6..565ef5a4f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ipc/IpcCommunicator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ipc/IpcCommunicator.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public interface IpcCommunicator extends Closeable {
 		try {
 			return Server.create(socketPaths.iterator().next());
 		} catch (IOException e) {
-			LOG.error("Failed to create IPC server using UNIX sockets", e);
+			LOG.warn("Failed to create IPC server", e);
 			return new LoopbackCommunicator();
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ipc/Server.java b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ipc/Server.java
index 08900c42c..25ae2949c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ipc/Server.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ipc/Server.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Server implements IpcCommunicator {
 		var address = UnixDomainSocketAddress.of(socketPath);
 		var serverSocketChannel = ServerSocketChannel.open(StandardProtocolFamily.UNIX);
 		serverSocketChannel.bind(address);
-		LOG.info("Spawning IPC server listening on UNIX socket {}", socketPath);
+		LOG.info("Spawning IPC server listening on socket {}", socketPath);
 		return new Server(serverSocketChannel, socketPath);
 	}