diff --git a/src/ws.c b/src/ws.c
index eb335d02..1f0c01e8 100644
--- a/src/ws.c
+++ b/src/ws.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static void mg_ws_cb(struct mg_connection *c, int ev, void *ev_data,
           if (final) mg_call(c, MG_EV_WS_MSG, &m);
           break;
         case WEBSOCKET_OP_CLOSE:
-          LOG(LL_ERROR, ("%lu Got WS CLOSE", c->id));
+          LOG(LL_DEBUG, ("%lu Got WS CLOSE", c->id));
           mg_call(c, MG_EV_WS_CTL, &m);
           c->is_closing = 1;
           break;