diff --git a/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/api/XmrConnectionService.java b/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/api/XmrConnectionService.java
index 48538ef4..4465fd2a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/api/XmrConnectionService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/api/XmrConnectionService.java
@@ -99,9 +99,10 @@ public final class XmrConnectionService {
     @Getter
     private MoneroDaemonInfo lastInfo;
     private Long lastLogPollErrorTimestamp;
-    private Long syncStartHeight = null;
+    private long lastLogDaemonNotSyncedTimestamp;
+    private Long syncStartHeight;
     private TaskLooper daemonPollLooper;
-    private long lastRefreshPeriodMs = 0;
+    private long lastRefreshPeriodMs;
     @Getter
     private boolean isShutDownStarted;
     private List<MoneroConnectionManagerListener> listeners = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -371,7 +372,6 @@ public final class XmrConnectionService {
         Long targetHeight = getTargetHeight();
         if (targetHeight == null) return false;
         if (targetHeight - chainHeight.get() <= 3) return true; // synced if within 3 blocks of target height
-        log.warn("Our chain height: {} is out of sync with peer nodes chain height: {}", chainHeight.get(), targetHeight);
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ public final class XmrConnectionService {
                     }
 
                     // log error message periodically
-                    if ((lastLogPollErrorTimestamp == null || System.currentTimeMillis() - lastLogPollErrorTimestamp > HavenoUtils.LOG_POLL_ERROR_PERIOD_MS)) {
+                    if (lastLogPollErrorTimestamp == null || System.currentTimeMillis() - lastLogPollErrorTimestamp > HavenoUtils.LOG_POLL_ERROR_PERIOD_MS) {
                         log.warn("Failed to fetch daemon info, trying to switch to best connection: " + e.getMessage());
                         if (DevEnv.isDevMode()) e.printStackTrace();
                         lastLogPollErrorTimestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
@@ -734,6 +734,12 @@ public final class XmrConnectionService {
                 // connected to daemon
                 isConnected = true;
 
+                // throttle warnings if daemon not synced
+                if (!isSyncedWithinTolerance() && System.currentTimeMillis() - lastLogDaemonNotSyncedTimestamp > HavenoUtils.LOG_DAEMON_NOT_SYNCED_WARN_PERIOD_MS) {
+                    log.warn("Our chain height: {} is out of sync with peer nodes chain height: {}", chainHeight.get(), getTargetHeight());
+                    lastLogDaemonNotSyncedTimestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
+                }
+
                 // announce connection change if refresh period changes
                 if (getRefreshPeriodMs() != lastRefreshPeriodMs) {
                     lastRefreshPeriodMs = getRefreshPeriodMs();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/trade/HavenoUtils.java b/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/trade/HavenoUtils.java
index 994753e9..5b9386af 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/trade/HavenoUtils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/trade/HavenoUtils.java
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ public class HavenoUtils {
 
     // other configuration
     public static final long LOG_POLL_ERROR_PERIOD_MS = 1000 * 60 * 4; // log poll errors up to once every 4 minutes
+    public static final long LOG_DAEMON_NOT_SYNCED_WARN_PERIOD_MS = 1000 * 30; // log warnings when daemon not synced once every 30s
 
     // synchronize requests to the daemon
     private static boolean SYNC_DAEMON_REQUESTS = false; // sync long requests to daemon (e.g. refresh, update pool) // TODO: performance suffers by syncing daemon requests, but otherwise we sometimes get sporadic errors?
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/xmr/wallet/XmrWalletService.java b/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/xmr/wallet/XmrWalletService.java
index ea0d77fb..d3402061 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/xmr/wallet/XmrWalletService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/xmr/wallet/XmrWalletService.java
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ public class XmrWalletService extends XmrWalletBase {
     private TaskLooper pollLooper;
     private boolean pollInProgress;
     private Long pollPeriodMs;
+    private long lastLogDaemonNotSyncedTimestamp;
     private long lastLogPollErrorTimestamp;
     private long lastPollTxsTimestamp; 
     private final Object pollLock = new Object();
@@ -1767,9 +1768,15 @@ public class XmrWalletService extends XmrWalletBase {
                 return;
             }
             if (!xmrConnectionService.isSyncedWithinTolerance()) {
-                log.warn("Monero daemon is not synced within tolerance, height={}, targetHeight={}", xmrConnectionService.chainHeightProperty().get(), xmrConnectionService.getTargetHeight());
+
+                // throttle warnings
+                if (System.currentTimeMillis() - lastLogDaemonNotSyncedTimestamp > HavenoUtils.LOG_DAEMON_NOT_SYNCED_WARN_PERIOD_MS) {
+                    log.warn("Monero daemon is not synced within tolerance, height={}, targetHeight={}, monerod={}", xmrConnectionService.chainHeightProperty().get(), xmrConnectionService.getTargetHeight(), xmrConnectionService.getConnection() == null ? null : xmrConnectionService.getConnection().getUri());
+                    lastLogDaemonNotSyncedTimestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
+                }
                 return;
             }
+
             // sync wallet if behind daemon
             if (walletHeight.get() < xmrConnectionService.getTargetHeight()) {
                 synchronized (walletLock) { // avoid long sync from blocking other operations