diff --git a/eclair-core/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/blockchain/bitcoind/ZmqWatcher.scala b/eclair-core/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/blockchain/bitcoind/ZmqWatcher.scala
index a5c27440d..00fd9e310 100644
--- a/eclair-core/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/blockchain/bitcoind/ZmqWatcher.scala
+++ b/eclair-core/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/blockchain/bitcoind/ZmqWatcher.scala
@@ -96,18 +96,17 @@ class ZmqWatcher(client: ExtendedBitcoinClient)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext =
               // parent tx was published, we need to make sure this particular output has not been spent
               client.isTransactionOutputSpendable(txid.toString(), outputIndex, true).collect {
                 case false =>
-                  log.warning(s"output=$outputIndex of txid=$txid has already been spent")
-                  log.warning(s"looking first in the mempool")
+                  log.info(s"$txid:$outputIndex has already been spent, looking for the spending tx in the mempool")
                   client.getMempool().map { mempoolTxs =>
                     mempoolTxs.filter(tx => tx.txIn.exists(i => i.outPoint.txid == txid && i.outPoint.index == outputIndex)) match {
                       case Nil =>
-                        log.warning(s"couldn't find spending tx in the mempool, looking into blocks...")
+                        log.warning(s"$txid:$outputIndex has already been spent, spending tx not in the mempool, looking in the blockchain...")
                         client.lookForSpendingTx(None, txid.toString(), outputIndex).map { tx =>
-                          log.warning(s"found the spending tx in the blockchain: txid=${tx.txid}")
+                          log.warning(s"found the spending tx of $txid:$outputIndex in the blockchain: txid=${tx.txid}")
                           self ! NewTransaction(tx)
                         }
                       case txs =>
-                        log.warning(s"found ${txs.size} spending txs in the mempool: txids=${txs.map(_.txid).mkString(",")}")
+                        log.info(s"found ${txs.size} txs spending $txid:$outputIndex in the mempool: txids=${txs.map(_.txid).mkString(",")}")
                         txs.foreach(tx => self ! NewTransaction(tx))
                     }
                   }
@@ -170,7 +169,8 @@ class ZmqWatcher(client: ExtendedBitcoinClient)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext =
   def publish(tx: Transaction, isRetry: Boolean = false): Unit = {
     log.info(s"publishing tx (isRetry=$isRetry): txid=${tx.txid} tx=$tx")
     client.publishTransaction(tx)(singleThreadExecutionContext).recover {
-      case t: Throwable if t.getMessage.contains("-25") && !isRetry => // we retry only once
+      case t: Throwable if t.getMessage.contains("(code: -27)") => () // 'transaction already in block chain' isn't an error
+      case t: Throwable if t.getMessage.contains("(code: -25)") && !isRetry => // we retry only once
         import akka.pattern.after
 
         import scala.concurrent.duration._