diff --git a/conf/sip_profiles/internal.xml b/conf/sip_profiles/internal.xml
index 1ccc54e445..7f688b2472 100644
--- a/conf/sip_profiles/internal.xml
+++ b/conf/sip_profiles/internal.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     <param name="watchdog-step-timeout" value="30000"/>
     <param name="watchdog-event-timeout" value="30000"/>
 
-    <param name="log-auth-failures" value="true"/>
+    <param name="log-auth-failures" value="false"/>
     <param name="forward-unsolicited-mwi-notify" value="false"/>
 
     <param name="context" value="public"/>
diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia_reg.c b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia_reg.c
index 9aa31ae1ba..dfd4677ebe 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia_reg.c
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia_reg.c
@@ -1436,7 +1436,7 @@ uint8_t sofia_reg_handle_register(nua_t *nua, sofia_profile_t *profile, nua_hand
 		}
 		/* Log line added to support Fail2Ban */
 		if (sofia_test_pflag(profile, PFLAG_LOG_AUTH_FAIL)) {
-			switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_DEBUG10, "SIP auth challenge (%s) on sofia profile '%s' "
+			switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_WARNING, "SIP auth challenge (%s) on sofia profile '%s' "
 							  "for [%s@%s] from ip %s\n", (regtype == REG_INVITE) ? "INVITE" : "REGISTER", 
 							  profile->name, to_user, to_host, network_ip);
 		}