diff --git a/wakatime/logger.py b/wakatime/logger.py
index 13d9454..78b38ee 100644
--- a/wakatime/logger.py
+++ b/wakatime/logger.py
@@ -73,7 +73,14 @@ class JsonFormatter(logging.Formatter):
 
 
 def traceback_formatter(*args, **kwargs):
-    logging.getLogger('WakaTime').error(traceback.format_exc())
+    if 'level' in kwargs and (kwargs['level'].lower() == 'warn' or kwargs['level'].lower() == 'warning'):
+        logging.getLogger('WakaTime').warning(traceback.format_exc())
+    elif 'level' in kwargs and kwargs['level'].lower() == 'info':
+        logging.getLogger('WakaTime').info(traceback.format_exc())
+    elif 'level' in kwargs and kwargs['level'].lower() == 'debug':
+        logging.getLogger('WakaTime').debug(traceback.format_exc())
+    else:
+        logging.getLogger('WakaTime').error(traceback.format_exc())
 
 
 def set_log_level(logger, args):
diff --git a/wakatime/projects/git.py b/wakatime/projects/git.py
index 091f5c9..fb4f2ac 100644
--- a/wakatime/projects/git.py
+++ b/wakatime/projects/git.py
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ class Git(BaseProject):
                     with open(head, 'r', encoding=sys.getfilesystemencoding()) as fh:
                         return u(fh.readline().strip().rsplit('/', 1)[-1])
                 except:
-                    log.traceback()
+                    log.traceback('warn')
             except IOError:  # pragma: nocover
-                log.traceback()
+                log.traceback('warn')
         return None
 
     def _project_base(self):
diff --git a/wakatime/projects/mercurial.py b/wakatime/projects/mercurial.py
index 399edd5..4369ddb 100644
--- a/wakatime/projects/mercurial.py
+++ b/wakatime/projects/mercurial.py
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ class Mercurial(BaseProject):
                     with open(branch_file, 'r', encoding=sys.getfilesystemencoding()) as fh:
                         return u(fh.readline().strip().rsplit('/', 1)[-1])
                 except:
-                    log.traceback()
+                    log.traceback('warn')
             except IOError:  # pragma: nocover
-                log.traceback()
+                log.traceback('warn')
         return u('default')
 
     def _find_hg_config_dir(self, path):
diff --git a/wakatime/projects/wakatime_project_file.py b/wakatime/projects/wakatime_project_file.py
index 76fc7d2..8ec4ccf 100644
--- a/wakatime/projects/wakatime_project_file.py
+++ b/wakatime/projects/wakatime_project_file.py
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ class WakaTimeProjectFile(BaseProject):
                         self._project_name = u(fh.readline().strip())
                         self._project_branch = u(fh.readline().strip())
                 except:
-                    log.traceback()
+                    log.traceback('warn')
             except IOError:  # pragma: nocover
-                log.traceback()
+                log.traceback('warn')
 
             return True
         return False
diff --git a/wakatime/session_cache.py b/wakatime/session_cache.py
index 8804748..e20beae 100644
--- a/wakatime/session_cache.py
+++ b/wakatime/session_cache.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class SessionCache(object):
             conn.commit()
             conn.close()
         except:  # pragma: nocover
-            log.traceback()
+            log.traceback('debug')
 
 
     def get(self):
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class SessionCache(object):
         try:
             conn, c = self.connect()
         except:
-            log.traceback()
+            log.traceback('debug')
             return requests.session()
 
         session = None
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ class SessionCache(object):
             if row is not None:
                 session = pickle.loads(row[0])
         except:  # pragma: nocover
-            log.traceback()
+            log.traceback('debug')
 
         try:
             conn.close()
         except:  # pragma: nocover
-            log.traceback()
+            log.traceback('debug')
 
         return session if session is not None else requests.session()
 
@@ -105,4 +105,4 @@ class SessionCache(object):
             conn.commit()
             conn.close()
         except:
-            log.traceback()
+            log.traceback('debug')
diff --git a/wakatime/stats.py b/wakatime/stats.py
index 2606fa4..81fb283 100644
--- a/wakatime/stats.py
+++ b/wakatime/stats.py
@@ -191,5 +191,5 @@ def get_file_contents(file_name):
             with open(file_name, 'r', encoding=sys.getfilesystemencoding()) as fh:
                 text = fh.read(512000)
         except:
-            log.traceback()
+            log.traceback('debug')
     return text