diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/link.go b/src/yggdrasil/link.go
index 06020cd..6fc7687 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/link.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/link.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func (intf *linkInterface) handler() error {
 	}
 	// Check if we're authorized to connect to this key / IP
 	if !intf.incoming && !intf.force && !intf.link.core.peers.isAllowedEncryptionPublicKey(&meta.box) {
-		intf.link.core.log.Debugf("%s connection to %s forbidden: AllowedEncryptionPublicKeys does not contain key %s",
+		intf.link.core.log.Warnf("%s connection to %s forbidden: AllowedEncryptionPublicKeys does not contain key %s",
 			strings.ToUpper(intf.info.linkType), intf.info.remote, hex.EncodeToString(meta.box[:]))
 		intf.msgIO.close()
 		return nil