diff --git a/fog/ingest/server/src/controller.rs b/fog/ingest/server/src/controller.rs
index 271d6544..4d0cea2a 100644
--- a/fog/ingest/server/src/controller.rs
+++ b/fog/ingest/server/src/controller.rs
@@ -411,11 +411,19 @@ where
                             return;
                         }
                     }
-                    Err(err) => {
-                        // Failing to publish a report is not fatal, because we attempt to publish
+                    Err(Error::PublishReport) => {
+                        // This is already logged adequately within
+                        // self.publish_report
+                        //
+                        // Failing to publish a report is not fatal, because we
+                        // attempt to publish
                         // on every block, and even if it only succeeds half
                         // the time, it wont make much difference in the pubkey
                         // expiry window.
+                    }
+                    Err(err) => {
+                        // If the error is something other than PublishReport then we should log it
+                        // at a high severity level
                         log::error!(
                             self.logger,
                             "Could not publish ingest report at block index {}: {}",
@@ -1148,7 +1156,7 @@ where
         };
         let report_id = self.config.fog_report_id.as_ref();
 
-        log::info!(self.logger, "publishing report to sql");
+        log::info!(self.logger, "publishing report to DB");
         self.recovery_db
             .set_report(ingress_public_key, report_id, &report_data)
             .map(|x| {
@@ -1156,9 +1164,12 @@ where
                 x
             })
             .map_err(|err| {
-                log::error!(
+                // This is a warning because transient report DB write errors are not a cause
+                // for action, as long as this write succeeds eventually it's
+                // fine.
+                log::warn!(
                     self.logger,
-                    "Could not publish report and check on ingress key status: {}",
+                    "Could not publish report to DB and check on ingress key status: {}",
                     err
                 );
                 // Note: At this revision, we don't have generic constraints for converting