diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/common/config/ConfigManager.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/common/config/ConfigManager.java
index 85661fe..9c5a9fa 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/common/config/ConfigManager.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/common/config/ConfigManager.java
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
             if (configured) {
                 throw new IllegalStateException("configuration already processed");
             }
-            LOGGER.debug("registering option: " + option.toIniString());
+            LOGGER.trace("registering option: {}", option::toIniString);
             Map<String, IOption> optionMap = sectionMap.computeIfAbsent(option.section(), section -> new HashMap<>());
             IOption prev = optionMap.put(option.ini(), option);
             if (prev != null) {
@@ -160,8 +160,13 @@
                 registeredOptions.add(option);
                 optionSetters.put(option, (node, value, isDefault) -> correctedMap(node, isDefault).put(option, value));
                 if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
-                    optionSetters.put(option, (node, value, isDefault) -> LOGGER.debug("{} {} to {} for node {}",
-                            isDefault ? "defaulting" : "setting", option.toIniString(), value, node));
+                    optionSetters.put(option, (node, value, isDefault) -> {
+                        if (isDefault) {
+                            LOGGER.trace("defaulting {} to {} for node {}", option.toIniString(), value, node);
+                        } else {
+                            LOGGER.debug("setting {} to {} for node {}", option.toIniString(), value, node);
+                        }
+                    });
                 }
             }
         }