diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/TimelineManager.java b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/TimelineManager.java
index 16bd043e4df149554bd78cd1714ba99b173dc5c6..0b215868d60e5d045037766c16c7dee15ea31f7f 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/TimelineManager.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/TimelineManager.java
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ public TimelineEvent addTimelineEvent(
 						shortDesc, dataSourceId, contentId, artifactId == null ? "<null>" : artifactId));
 			}
 		} catch (DuplicateException dupEx) {
-			logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Attempt to make file event duplicate.", dupEx);
+			logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Attempt to make duplicate", dupEx);
 			return null;
 		} finally {
 			caseDB.releaseSingleUserCaseWriteLock();