diff --git a/common/dataStructures/Tape.cpp b/common/dataStructures/Tape.cpp
index c3e6119dcbac106db48a4c8d2ce11293bcea8938..3eccc11538773835cabf85775ee18d81a12d6433 100644
--- a/common/dataStructures/Tape.cpp
+++ b/common/dataStructures/Tape.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "common/dataStructures/Tape.hpp"
 #include "common/dataStructures/utils.hpp"
-#include "common/exception/Exception.hpp"
+#include "common/exception/UserError.hpp"
 #include "common/utils/utils.hpp"
 
 namespace cta::common::dataStructures {
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Tape::State Tape::stringToState(const std::string& stateStr, bool hidePendingSta
   try {
     return Tape::STRING_TO_STATE_MAP.at(stateUpperCase);
   } catch(std::out_of_range &ex){
-    throw cta::exception::Exception(std::string("The state given (") + stateUpperCase + ") does not exist. Possible values are " + Tape::getAllPossibleStates(hidePendingStates));
+    throw cta::exception::UserError(std::string("The state given (") + stateUpperCase + ") does not exist. Possible values are " + Tape::getAllPossibleStates(hidePendingStates));
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestProc.cpp b/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestProc.cpp
index 7eff401642041aef049ee6427287d43f3ab07468..a9ccf42473d0a80d5e584d76d2cb58a2636f227d 100644
--- a/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestProc.cpp
+++ b/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestProc.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ void RequestProc<cta::xrd::Request, cta::xrd::Response, cta::xrd::Alert>::Execut
    } catch(cta::exception::UserError &ex) {
       m_metadata.set_type(cta::xrd::Response::RSP_ERR_USER);
       m_metadata.set_message_txt(ex.getMessageValue());
-      lc.log(cta::log::ERR, ErrorFunction + "RSP_ERR_USER: " + ex.getMessageValue());
+      lc.log(cta::log::INFO, ErrorFunction + "RSP_ERR_USER: " + ex.getMessageValue());
    } catch(cta::exception::Exception &ex) {
       m_metadata.set_type(cta::xrd::Response::RSP_ERR_CTA);
       m_metadata.set_message_txt(ex.getMessageValue());