diff --git a/drizzlepac/haputils/astrometric_utils.py b/drizzlepac/haputils/astrometric_utils.py
index ef7ad65ab..0c6777fdb 100644
--- a/drizzlepac/haputils/astrometric_utils.py
+++ b/drizzlepac/haputils/astrometric_utils.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ def create_astrometric_catalog(inputs, catalog="GAIAedr3", output="ref_cat.ecsv"
                                gaia_only=False, table_format="ascii.ecsv",
                                existing_wcs=None, num_sources=None,
                                use_footprint=False, full_catalog=False,
-                               user_epoch='match', log_level=logutil.logging.NOTSET):
+                               user_epoch='match', log_level=logutil.logging.INFO):
     """Create an astrometric catalog that covers the inputs' field-of-view.
 
     This function will return a table containing sources derived from the
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ def get_catalog(ra, dec, sr=0.1, epoch=None, catalog='GSC241'):
     spec = base_spec + epoch_str.format(epoch) if epoch else base_spec
 
     serviceUrl = '{}/{}?{}'.format(SERVICELOCATION, serviceType, spec)
-    log.debug("Getting catalog using: \n    {}".format(serviceUrl))
+    log.info(f"Getting catalog using: \n    {serviceUrl}")
     rawcat = requests.get(serviceUrl, headers=headers)
     r_contents = rawcat.content.decode()  # convert from bytes to a String
     rstr = r_contents.split('\r\n')
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ def get_catalog(ra, dec, sr=0.1, epoch=None, catalog='GSC241'):
     if rstr[0].startswith('Error'):
         # Try again without EPOCH
         serviceUrl = '{}/{}?{}'.format(SERVICELOCATION, serviceType, base_spec)
-        log.debug("Getting catalog using: \n    {}".format(serviceUrl))
+        log.warning(f"Problem accessing catalog service - getting catalog using: \n    {serviceUrl}")
         rawcat = requests.get(serviceUrl, headers=headers)
         r_contents = rawcat.content.decode()  # convert from bytes to a String
         rstr = r_contents.split('\r\n')
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ def get_catalog_from_footprint(footprint, epoch=None, catalog='GSC241'):
     spec = base_spec + epoch_str.format(epoch) if epoch else base_spec
 
     serviceUrl = '{}/{}?{}'.format(SERVICELOCATION, serviceType, spec)
-    log.debug("Getting catalog using: \n    {}".format(serviceUrl))
+    log.info(f"Getting catalog from footprint using: \n    {serviceUrl}")
 
     rawcat = requests.get(serviceUrl, headers=headers)
     r_contents = rawcat.content.decode()  # convert from bytes to a String
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ def get_catalog_from_footprint(footprint, epoch=None, catalog='GSC241'):
     if rstr[0].startswith('Error'):
         # Try again without EPOCH
         serviceUrl = '{}/{}?{}'.format(SERVICELOCATION, serviceType, base_spec)
-        log.debug("Getting catalog using: \n    {}".format(serviceUrl))
+        log.warning(f"Problem accessing catalog service - getting catalog from footprint using: \n    {serviceUrl}")
         rawcat = requests.get(serviceUrl, headers=headers)
         r_contents = rawcat.content.decode()  # convert from bytes to a String
         rstr = r_contents.split('\r\n')
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ def compute_2d_background(imgarr, box_size, win_size,
 
 def build_auto_kernel(imgarr, whtarr, fwhm=3.0, threshold=None, source_box=7,
                       good_fwhm=[1.0, 4.0], num_fwhm=30,
-                      isolation_size=11, saturation_limit=70000., log_level=logutil.logging.NOTSET):
+                      isolation_size=11, saturation_limit=70000., log_level=logutil.logging.INFO):
     """Build kernel for use in source detection based on image PSF
     This algorithm looks for an isolated point-source that is non-saturated to use as a template
     for the source detection kernel.  Failing to find any suitable sources, it will return a
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ def find_fwhm(psf, default_fwhm):
 
 def extract_point_sources(img, dqmask=None, fwhm=3.0, kernel=None,
                           nbright=1000,
-                          threshold=200.0, sigma=3.0, source_box=7, log_level=logutil.logging.NOTSET):
+                          threshold=200.0, sigma=3.0, source_box=7, log_level=logutil.logging.INFO):
     """Use photutils to replicate the IRAF point-source catalogs"""
     # Initialize logging for this user-callable function
     log.setLevel(log_level)
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ def extract_sources(img, dqmask=None, fwhm=3.0, kernel=None, photmode=None,
                     dao_nsigma=3.0, source_box=7,
                     classify=True, centering_mode="starfind", nlargest=None,
                     outroot=None, plot=False, vmax=None, deblend=False,
-                    log_level=logutil.logging.NOTSET):
+                    log_level=logutil.logging.INFO):
     """Use photutils to find sources in image based on segmentation.
 
     Parameters