diff --git a/src/checkpoints/checkpoints.cpp b/src/checkpoints/checkpoints.cpp
index fdc3cf727..55fd36b5c 100644
--- a/src/checkpoints/checkpoints.cpp
+++ b/src/checkpoints/checkpoints.cpp
@@ -277,13 +277,13 @@ namespace cryptonote
     std::vector<std::string> records;
 
     // All four MoneroPulse domains have DNSSEC on and valid
-    static const std::vector<std::string> dns_urls = { ""
+    static const std::vector<std::string> dns_urls = {
     };
 
-    static const std::vector<std::string> testnet_dns_urls = { ""
+    static const std::vector<std::string> testnet_dns_urls = {
     };
 
-    static const std::vector<std::string> stagenet_dns_urls = { ""
+    static const std::vector<std::string> stagenet_dns_urls = {
     };
 
     if (!tools::dns_utils::load_txt_records_from_dns(records, nettype == TESTNET ? testnet_dns_urls : nettype == STAGENET ? stagenet_dns_urls : dns_urls))
diff --git a/src/common/dns_utils.cpp b/src/common/dns_utils.cpp
index 2fd15dbcd..fb679462f 100644
--- a/src/common/dns_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/common/dns_utils.cpp
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ bool load_txt_records_from_dns(std::vector<std::string> &good_records, const std
 
   if (num_valid_records < 2)
   {
-    LOG_PRINT_L0("WARNING: no two valid DNS TXT records were received");
+    LOG_PRINT_L2("WARNING: no two valid DNS TXT records were received");
     return false;
   }