diff --git a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
index ba7d7bf0b72..ed71666058a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ class PostsController < ApplicationController
     end
 
     if recipients.blank? || result[:target_usernames].blank?
-      Rails.logger.debug("Missing recipients for PM! result: #{result.inspect} | params: #{params.inspect}")
+      Rails.logger.warn("Missing recipients for PM! result: #{result.inspect} | params: #{params.inspect}")
     end
 
     result.permit!
diff --git a/lib/topic_creator.rb b/lib/topic_creator.rb
index 5e6d0e0de5d..09adf4c2111 100644
--- a/lib/topic_creator.rb
+++ b/lib/topic_creator.rb
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class TopicCreator
     topic.subtype = TopicSubtype.user_to_user unless topic.subtype
 
     unless @opts[:target_usernames].present? || @opts[:target_emails].present? || @opts[:target_group_names].present?
-      Rails.logger.debug("Topic PM cannot be created without recipients! opts: #{@opts.inspect}")
+      Rails.logger.warn("Topic PM cannot be created without recipients! opts: #{@opts.inspect}")
 
       rollback_with!(topic, :no_user_selected)
     end