diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/aerospike/config/AbstractAerospikeDataConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/aerospike/config/AbstractAerospikeDataConfiguration.java
index ff711c85d..ea12aae63 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/aerospike/config/AbstractAerospikeDataConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/aerospike/config/AbstractAerospikeDataConfiguration.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public QueryEngine queryEngine(IAerospikeClient aerospikeClient,
         log.debug("AerospikeDataSettings.queryMaxRecords: {}", queryMaxRecords);
         queryEngine.setQueryMaxRecords(queryMaxRecords);
         if (!settings.getDataSettings().isWriteSortedMaps()) {
-            log.debug("AerospikeDataSettings.writeSortedMaps is set to false, " +
+            log.info("AerospikeDataSettings.writeSortedMaps is set to false, " +
                 "Maps and POJOs will be written as unsorted Maps (decrease in performance compared with sorted Maps)");
         }
         return queryEngine;