diff --git a/otsdaq-mu2e-dqm/ArtModules/CaloDQM_module.cc b/otsdaq-mu2e-dqm/ArtModules/CaloDQM_module.cc
index ba7f211..c093583 100644
--- a/otsdaq-mu2e-dqm/ArtModules/CaloDQM_module.cc
+++ b/otsdaq-mu2e-dqm/ArtModules/CaloDQM_module.cc
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ ots::CaloDQM::CaloDQM(Parameters const& conf)
   histSender_  = new HistoSender(address_, port_);
   
   if (diagLevel_>0){
-    __MOUT__ << "[CaloDQM::analyze] DQM for "<< histType_[0] << std::endl;
+    __COUT__ << "[CaloDQM::analyze] DQM for "<< histType_[0] << std::endl;
   }
 
   for (std::string name : histType_) {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ ots::CaloDQM::CaloDQM(Parameters const& conf)
 }
 
 void ots::CaloDQM::beginJob() {
-  __MOUT__ << "[CaloDQM::beginJob] Beginning job" << std::endl;
+  __COUT__ << "[CaloDQM::beginJob] Beginning job" << std::endl;
   summary_histos->BookSummaryHistos(tfs,
 				    "Calo hits, nHits; nCaloHits; Events/60"  ,
 				    200, 0, 12e3);
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ void ots::CaloDQM::analyze(art::Event const& event) {
   
   //send the summary hists
   for (size_t i = 0; i < summary_histos->histograms.size(); i++) {
-    __MOUT__ << "[CaloDQM::analyze] collecting summary histogram "<< summary_histos->histograms[i]._Hist << std::endl;
+    __COUT__ << "[CaloDQM::analyze] collecting summary histogram "<< summary_histos->histograms[i]._Hist << std::endl;
     hists_to_send[moduleTag_+"_summary"].push_back((TH1*)summary_histos->histograms[i]._Hist->Clone());
     summary_histos->histograms[i]._Hist->Reset();
   }
@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ void ots::CaloDQM::analyze(art::Event const& event) {
 void ots::CaloDQM::summary_fill(CaloDQMHistoContainer       *histos, 
 					 const mu2e::CaloHitCollection        *CaloHits,
 					 const mu2e::CaloClusterCollection    *Clusters) {
-  //  __MOUT__ << "filling Summary histograms..."<< std::endl;
+  //  __COUT__ << "filling Summary histograms..."<< std::endl;
 
   if (histos->histograms.size() == 0) {
-    __MOUT__ << "No histograms booked. Should they have been created elsewhere?"
+    __COUT__ << "No histograms booked. Should they have been created elsewhere?"
 	     << std::endl;
   } else {
       
diff --git a/otsdaq-mu2e-dqm/ArtModules/IntensityInfoDQM_module.cc b/otsdaq-mu2e-dqm/ArtModules/IntensityInfoDQM_module.cc
index 125e6c2..c178bfb 100644
--- a/otsdaq-mu2e-dqm/ArtModules/IntensityInfoDQM_module.cc
+++ b/otsdaq-mu2e-dqm/ArtModules/IntensityInfoDQM_module.cc
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ ots::IntensityInfoDQM::IntensityInfoDQM(Parameters const& conf)
   histSender_  = new HistoSender(address_, port_);
   
   if (diagLevel_>0){
-    __MOUT__ << "[IntensityInfoDQM::analyze] DQM for "<< histType_[0] << std::endl;
+    __COUT__ << "[IntensityInfoDQM::analyze] DQM for "<< histType_[0] << std::endl;
   }
 
   for (std::string name : histType_) {
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ ots::IntensityInfoDQM::IntensityInfoDQM(Parameters const& conf)
 }
 
 void ots::IntensityInfoDQM::beginJob() {
-  __MOUT__ << "[IntensityInfoDQM::beginJob] Beginning job" << std::endl;
+  __COUT__ << "[IntensityInfoDQM::beginJob] Beginning job" << std::endl;
   summary_histos->BookSummaryHistos(tfs,
 				    "CAPHRI hits; nCAPHRIHits; Events",
 				    100, 0, 100);
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ void ots::IntensityInfoDQM::analyze(art::Event const& event) {
   
   //send the summary hists
   for (size_t i = 0; i < summary_histos->histograms.size(); i++) {
-    __MOUT__ << "[IntensityInfoDQM::analyze] collecting summary histogram "<< summary_histos->histograms[i]._Hist << std::endl;
+    __COUT__ << "[IntensityInfoDQM::analyze] collecting summary histogram "<< summary_histos->histograms[i]._Hist << std::endl;
     hists_to_send[moduleTag_+"_summary"].push_back((TH1*)summary_histos->histograms[i]._Hist->Clone());
     summary_histos->histograms[i]._Hist->Reset();
   }
@@ -145,10 +145,10 @@ void ots::IntensityInfoDQM::summary_fill(IntensityInfoDQMHistoContainer       *h
 					 const mu2e::CaloHitCollection        *CAPHRIHits,
 					 const mu2e::IntensityInfoCalo        *CaloInfos, 
 					 const mu2e::IntensityInfoTrackerHits *TrkInfos) {
-  //  __MOUT__ << "filling Summary histograms..."<< std::endl;
+  //  __COUT__ << "filling Summary histograms..."<< std::endl;
 
   if (histos->histograms.size() == 0) {
-    __MOUT__ << "No histograms booked. Should they have been created elsewhere?"
+    __COUT__ << "No histograms booked. Should they have been created elsewhere?"
 	     << std::endl;
   } else {
       
diff --git a/otsdaq-mu2e-dqm/ArtModules/SimpleDQM_module.cc b/otsdaq-mu2e-dqm/ArtModules/SimpleDQM_module.cc
index 6cd0c9d..26f5181 100644
--- a/otsdaq-mu2e-dqm/ArtModules/SimpleDQM_module.cc
+++ b/otsdaq-mu2e-dqm/ArtModules/SimpleDQM_module.cc
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ ots::SimpleDQM::SimpleDQM(Parameters const& conf)
   histSender_  = new HistoSender(address_, port_);
   
   if (diagLevel_>0){
-    __MOUT__ << "[SimpleDQM::analyze] DQM for "<< histType_[0] << std::endl;
+    __COUT__ << "[SimpleDQM::analyze] DQM for "<< histType_[0] << std::endl;
   }
 
   for (std::string name : histType_) {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ ots::SimpleDQM::SimpleDQM(Parameters const& conf)
 }
 
 void ots::SimpleDQM::beginJob() {
-  __MOUT__ << "[SimpleDQM::beginJob] Beginning job" << std::endl;
+  __COUT__ << "[SimpleDQM::beginJob] Beginning job" << std::endl;
   summary_histos->BookSummaryHistos(tfs,
 				    "Trigger counts", 1, 0, 1);
 }
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ void ots::SimpleDQM::analyze(art::Event const& event) {
   
   //send the summary hists
   for (size_t i = 0; i < summary_histos->histograms.size(); i++) {
-    __MOUT__ << "[SimpleDQM::analyze] collecting summary histogram "<< summary_histos->histograms[i]._Hist << std::endl;
+    __COUT__ << "[SimpleDQM::analyze] collecting summary histogram "<< summary_histos->histograms[i]._Hist << std::endl;
     hists_to_send[moduleTag_+"_summary"].push_back((TH1*)summary_histos->histograms[i]._Hist->Clone());
     summary_histos->histograms[i]._Hist->Reset();
   }
@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ void ots::SimpleDQM::analyze(art::Event const& event) {
 
 
 void ots::SimpleDQM::summary_trigger_fill(SimpleDQMHistoContainer *histos) {
-  //  __MOUT__ << "filling Summary histograms..."<< std::endl;
+  //  __COUT__ << "filling Summary histograms..."<< std::endl;
 
   if (histos->histograms.size() == 0) {
-    __MOUT__ << "No histograms booked. Should they have been created elsewhere?"
+    __COUT__ << "No histograms booked. Should they have been created elsewhere?"
 	     << std::endl;
   } else {
     histos->histograms[1]._Hist->Fill(0);
diff --git a/otsdaq-mu2e-dqm/ArtModules/TrackerDQM.h b/otsdaq-mu2e-dqm/ArtModules/TrackerDQM.h
index a9d3369..fc8a385 100644
--- a/otsdaq-mu2e-dqm/ArtModules/TrackerDQM.h
+++ b/otsdaq-mu2e-dqm/ArtModules/TrackerDQM.h
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ unsigned short max_adc(const mu2e::TrkTypes::ADCWaveform &adcs) {
 
 
 void summary_fill(TrackerDQMHistoContainer *histos,  const mu2e::StrawId& sid) {
-  //  __MOUT__ << "filling Summary histograms..."<< std::endl;
+  //  __COUT__ << "filling Summary histograms..."<< std::endl;
 
   if (histos->histograms.size() == 0) {
-    __MOUT__ << "No histograms booked. Should they have been created elsewhere?"
+    __COUT__ << "No histograms booked. Should they have been created elsewhere?"
              << std::endl;
   } else {
     
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ void summary_fill(TrackerDQMHistoContainer *histos,  const mu2e::StrawId& sid) {
 
 void pedestal_fill(TrackerDQMHistoContainer *histos, int data, std::string title,
 		   const mu2e::StrawId& sid) {
-  // __MOUT__ << title.c_str() + "_"+std::to_string(sid.plane()) + " " 
+  // __COUT__ << title.c_str() + "_"+std::to_string(sid.plane()) + " " 
   //   + std::to_string(sid.panel()) + " " 
   //   + std::to_string(sid.straw())
   //          << std::endl;
 
   if (histos->histograms.size() == 0) {
-    __MOUT__ << "No histograms booked. Should they have been created elsewhere?"
+    __COUT__ << "No histograms booked. Should they have been created elsewhere?"
              << std::endl;
   } else {
     for (int histIdx = 0; histIdx < int(histos->histograms.size()); ++histIdx) {
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ void pedestal_fill(TrackerDQMHistoContainer *histos, int data, std::string title
           (sid.panel() == histos->histograms[histIdx].panel) &&
           (sid.plane() == histos->histograms[histIdx].plane) ) { // if the histogram does exist, fill it
         histos->histograms[histIdx]._Hist->Fill(data);
-        // __MOUT__ << "number of histos: " << histos->histograms.size()
+        // __COUT__ << "number of histos: " << histos->histograms.size()
         //          << std::endl;
         break;
       }
 
       if (histIdx == int(histos->histograms.size() - 1)) { 
-        __MOUT__ << "Cannot find histogram: "
+        __COUT__ << "Cannot find histogram: "
                  << title + std::to_string(sid.plane()) + " " +
                         std::to_string(sid.panel()) + " " +
                         std::to_string(sid.straw())
@@ -86,24 +86,24 @@ void pedestal_fill(TrackerDQMHistoContainer *histos, int data, std::string title
 void panel_fill(TrackerDQMHistoContainer *histos, std::string  title,
                 const mu2e::StrawId& sid) {
   if (histos->histograms.size() == 0) {
-    __MOUT__ << "No histograms booked. Should they have been created elsewhere?"
+    __COUT__ << "No histograms booked. Should they have been created elsewhere?"
              << std::endl;
   } else {
     bool   foundHist(false);
     for (int histIdx = 0; histIdx < int(histos->histograms.size()); ++histIdx) {
-      //__MOUT__ << "[TrackerDWM::panel_fill] hist block:  "<<histos->histograms[histIdx].plane <<", "<< histos->histograms[histIdx].panel<< std::endl;
+      //__COUT__ << "[TrackerDWM::panel_fill] hist block:  "<<histos->histograms[histIdx].plane <<", "<< histos->histograms[histIdx].panel<< std::endl;
 
       if ((sid.panel()   == histos->histograms[histIdx].panel) &&
           (sid.plane()   == histos->histograms[histIdx].plane) ) {
         histos->histograms[histIdx]._Hist->Fill(sid.straw());
-	//	__MOUT__ << "[TrackerDWM::panel_fill] filled hist "<<sid.plane() <<", "<< sid.panel()<< std::endl;
+	//	__COUT__ << "[TrackerDWM::panel_fill] filled hist "<<sid.plane() <<", "<< sid.panel()<< std::endl;
 	foundHist = true;
         break;
       }
       
     }
     if (!foundHist){
-      __MOUT__ << "Cannot find histogram: "
+      __COUT__ << "Cannot find histogram: "
 	       << title + "_"+std::to_string(sid.plane()) + "_" +
 	std::to_string(sid.panel())
 	       << std::endl;
diff --git a/otsdaq-mu2e-dqm/ArtModules/TrackerDQM_module.cc b/otsdaq-mu2e-dqm/ArtModules/TrackerDQM_module.cc
index 6ca5ddb..8a30f90 100644
--- a/otsdaq-mu2e-dqm/ArtModules/TrackerDQM_module.cc
+++ b/otsdaq-mu2e-dqm/ArtModules/TrackerDQM_module.cc
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ ots::TrackerDQM::TrackerDQM(Parameters const& conf)
   histSender_ = new HistoSender(address_, port_);
 
   if (diagLevel_ > 0) {
-    __MOUT__ << "[TrackerDQM::analyze] DQM for " << histType_[0] << std::endl;
+    __COUT__ << "[TrackerDQM::analyze] DQM for " << histType_[0] << std::endl;
   }
 
   for (std::string name : histType_) {
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ ots::TrackerDQM::TrackerDQM(Parameters const& conf)
 }
 
 void ots::TrackerDQM::beginJob() {
-  __MOUT__ << "[TrackerDQM::beginJob] Beginning job" << std::endl;
+  __COUT__ << "[TrackerDQM::beginJob] Beginning job" << std::endl;
   summary_histos->BookSummaryHistos(tfs, "PanelOccupancy", 220, 0, 220);
   summary_histos->BookSummaryHistos(tfs, "PlaneOccupancy", 40, 0, 40);
 
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ void ots::TrackerDQM::analyze_tracker_(const mu2e::TrackerDataDecoder& cc) {
           } else if (name == "panels") {
             panel_fill(panel_histos, "Panel", sid);
           } else {
-            __MOUT_ERR__ << "Unrecognized histogram type" << std::endl;
+            __COUT_ERR__ << "Unrecognized histogram type" << std::endl;
           }
         }
       }
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ void ots::TrackerDQM::analyze_tracker_(const mu2e::TrackerDataDecoder& cc) {
   if (evtCounter_ % freqDQM_ != 0) return;
 
   if (diagLevel_ > 0) {
-    __MOUT__ << "[TrackerDQM::analyze] preparing the BUFFER..." << std::endl;
+    __COUT__ << "[TrackerDQM::analyze] preparing the BUFFER..." << std::endl;
   }
 
   // send a packet AND reset the histograms
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ void ots::TrackerDQM::analyze_tracker_(const mu2e::TrackerDataDecoder& cc) {
 
   // send the summary hists
   for (size_t i = 0; i < summary_histos->histograms.size(); i++) {
-    __MOUT__ << "[TrackerDQM::analyze] collecting summary histogram "
+    __COUT__ << "[TrackerDQM::analyze] collecting summary histogram "
              << summary_histos->histograms[i]._Hist << std::endl;
     hists_to_send[moduleTag_ + "_summary"].push_back(
         (TH1*)summary_histos->histograms[i]._Hist->Clone());
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ void ots::TrackerDQM::analyze_tracker_(const mu2e::TrackerDataDecoder& cc) {
 
   for (std::string name : histType_) {
     if (diagLevel_ > 0) {
-      __MOUT__ << "[TrackerDQM::analyze] collecting histograms from the block: "
+      __COUT__ << "[TrackerDQM::analyze] collecting histograms from the block: "
                << name << std::endl;
     }
     if (name == "pedestals") {
@@ -239,13 +239,13 @@ void ots::TrackerDQM::analyze_tracker_(const mu2e::TrackerDataDecoder& cc) {
       }
     } else if (name == "panels") {
       if (diagLevel_ > 0) {
-        __MOUT__ << Form(
+        __COUT__ << Form(
                         "[%s::analyze] preparing the collection of hists for  ",
                         moduleTag_.data())
                  << name << " histograms" << std::endl;
       }
       // prepare the vector of histograms
-      __MOUT__ << Form("[%sDQM::analyze] N hists =  ", moduleTag_.data())
+      __COUT__ << Form("[%sDQM::analyze] N hists =  ", moduleTag_.data())
                << panel_histos->histograms.size() << std::endl;
       for (size_t i = 0; i < panel_histos->histograms.size(); i++) {
         std::string refName = moduleTag_ + "_" + name + "/plane_" +
diff --git a/otsdaq-mu2e-dqm/ArtModules/TriggerDQM_module.cc b/otsdaq-mu2e-dqm/ArtModules/TriggerDQM_module.cc
index c9516c2..5b580ca 100644
--- a/otsdaq-mu2e-dqm/ArtModules/TriggerDQM_module.cc
+++ b/otsdaq-mu2e-dqm/ArtModules/TriggerDQM_module.cc
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ ots::TriggerDQM::TriggerDQM(Parameters const& conf)
   histSender_  = new HistoSender(address_, port_);
   
   if (diagLevel_>0){
-    __MOUT__ << "[TriggerDQM::analyze] DQM for "<< histType_[0] << std::endl;
+    __COUT__ << "[TriggerDQM::analyze] DQM for "<< histType_[0] << std::endl;
   }
 
   for (std::string name : histType_) {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ ots::TriggerDQM::TriggerDQM(Parameters const& conf)
 }
 
 void ots::TriggerDQM::beginJob() {
-  __MOUT__ << "[TriggerDQM::beginJob] Beginning job" << std::endl;
+  __COUT__ << "[TriggerDQM::beginJob] Beginning job" << std::endl;
   summary_histos->BookSummaryHistos(tfs,
 				    "Trigger paths", 101, 99.5, 200.5);
   summary_histos->BookSummaryHistos(tfs,
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ void ots::TriggerDQM::analyze(art::Event const& event) {
   
   //send the summary hists
   for (size_t i = 0; i < summary_histos->histograms.size(); i++) {
-    __MOUT__ << "[TriggerDQM::analyze] collecting summary histogram "<< summary_histos->histograms[i]._Hist << std::endl;
+    __COUT__ << "[TriggerDQM::analyze] collecting summary histogram "<< summary_histos->histograms[i]._Hist << std::endl;
     hists_to_send[moduleTag_+"_summary"].push_back((TH1*)summary_histos->histograms[i]._Hist->Clone());
     summary_histos->histograms[i]._Hist->Reset();
   }
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ void ots::TriggerDQM::analyze(art::Event const& event) {
 
 
 void ots::TriggerDQM::summary_trigger_fill(TriggerDQMHistoContainer *histos, mu2e::TriggerResultsNavigator& trigNavig) {
-  //  __MOUT__ << "filling Summary histograms..."<< std::endl;
+  //  __COUT__ << "filling Summary histograms..."<< std::endl;
 
   if (histos->histograms.size() == 0) {
-    __MOUT__ << "No histograms booked. Should they have been created elsewhere?"
+    __COUT__ << "No histograms booked. Should they have been created elsewhere?"
 	     << std::endl;
   } else {