diff --git a/dtool_lookup_gui/__init__.py b/dtool_lookup_gui/__init__.py
index fad0fca5..2259a33e 100644
--- a/dtool_lookup_gui/__init__.py
+++ b/dtool_lookup_gui/__init__.py
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@
 # first, try to determine dynamic version at runtime
 try:
     __version__ = version(__name__)
-    print("Determined version %s via importlib_metadata.version" % __version__)
+    logger.debug("Determined version %s via importlib_metadata.version", __version__)
 except PackageNotFoundError:
     # if that fails, check for static version file written by setuptools_scm
     try:
         from .version import version as __version__
-        print("Determined version %s from autogenerated dtool_lookup_gui/version.py", __version__)
+        logger.debug("Determined version %s from autogenerated dtool_lookup_gui/version.py", __version__)
     except:
-        print("All efforts to determine version failed.")
+        logger.debug("All efforts to determine version failed.")
         __version__ = None