diff --git a/common/speculative.cpp b/common/speculative.cpp
index f5a9f6669..f512d059a 100644
--- a/common/speculative.cpp
+++ b/common/speculative.cpp
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@ static bool common_speculative_are_compatible(
     SPC_DBG("vocab_type dft: %d\n", vocab_type_dft);
 
     if (vocab_type_tgt != vocab_type_dft) {
-        SPC_WRN("draft model vocab type must match target model to use speculation but "
+        SPC_ERR("draft model vocab type must match target model to use speculation but "
                 "vocab_type_dft = %d while vocab_type_tgt = %d\n", vocab_type_dft, vocab_type_tgt);
         return false;
     }
 
     if (llama_vocab_get_add_bos(vocab_tgt) != llama_vocab_get_add_bos(vocab_dft) ||
         (llama_vocab_get_add_bos(vocab_tgt) && llama_vocab_bos(vocab_tgt) != llama_vocab_bos(vocab_dft))) {
-        SPC_WRN("draft model bos tokens must match target model to use speculation. add: %d - %d, id: %d - %d)\n",
+        SPC_ERR("draft model bos tokens must match target model to use speculation. add: %d - %d, id: %d - %d)\n",
                 llama_vocab_get_add_bos(vocab_tgt), llama_vocab_get_add_bos(vocab_dft),
                 llama_vocab_bos(vocab_tgt), llama_vocab_bos(vocab_dft));
         return false;
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static bool common_speculative_are_compatible(
 
     if (llama_vocab_get_add_eos(vocab_tgt) != llama_vocab_get_add_eos(vocab_dft) ||
         (llama_vocab_get_add_eos(vocab_tgt) && llama_vocab_eos(vocab_tgt) != llama_vocab_eos(vocab_dft))) {
-        SPC_WRN("draft model eos tokens must match target model to use speculation. add: %d - %d, id: %d - %d)\n",
+        SPC_ERR("draft model eos tokens must match target model to use speculation. add: %d - %d, id: %d - %d)\n",
                 llama_vocab_get_add_eos(vocab_tgt), llama_vocab_get_add_eos(vocab_dft),
                 llama_vocab_eos(vocab_tgt), llama_vocab_eos(vocab_dft));
         return false;
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static bool common_speculative_are_compatible(
             : n_vocab_dft - n_vocab_tgt;
 
         if (vocab_diff > SPEC_VOCAB_MAX_SIZE_DIFFERENCE) {
-            SPC_DBG("draft model vocab must closely match target model to use speculation but "
+            SPC_ERR("draft model vocab must closely match target model to use speculation but "
                     "target vocab size %d does not match draft vocab size %d - difference %d, max allowed %d\n",
                     n_vocab_tgt, llama_vocab_n_tokens(vocab_dft), vocab_diff, SPEC_VOCAB_MAX_SIZE_DIFFERENCE);
             return false;
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static bool common_speculative_are_compatible(
             const char * token_text_dft = llama_vocab_get_text(vocab_dft, i);
 
             if (std::strcmp(token_text_tgt, token_text_dft) != 0) {
-                SPC_DBG("draft model vocab must match target model to use speculation but "
+                SPC_ERR("draft model vocab must match target model to use speculation but "
                         "token %d content differs - target '%s', draft '%s'\n", i,
                         common_token_to_piece(vocab_tgt, i).c_str(),
                         common_token_to_piece(vocab_dft, i).c_str());
diff --git a/gpttype_adapter.cpp b/gpttype_adapter.cpp
index 2abd5a8fe..5006dcb6d 100644
--- a/gpttype_adapter.cpp
+++ b/gpttype_adapter.cpp
@@ -869,6 +869,7 @@ static bool speculative_state_setup(llama_context * main_ctx, const llama_contex
     }
     catch(const std::exception & e)
     {
+        common_log_flush(common_log_main());
         printf("Error: failed to initialize speculative decoding state: %s\n", e.what());
         llama_free(draft_ctx);
         draft_ctx = nullptr;
@@ -878,6 +879,7 @@ static bool speculative_state_setup(llama_context * main_ctx, const llama_contex
 
     if(draft_spec == nullptr)
     {
+        common_log_flush(common_log_main());
         printf("Error: failed to initialize speculative decoding state.\n");
         llama_free(draft_ctx);
         draft_ctx = nullptr;
@@ -992,7 +994,7 @@ static void speculative_decoding_setup(std::string spec_model_filename, llama_co
         {
             if(debugmode==1)
             {
-                printf("WARNING: Draft model vocab of (%d) does not match base vocab of (%d).\nIn debug mode, this restriction is bypassed. However, speculative decoding may malfunction!\n",draftvocab,base_n_vocab);
+                printf("WARNING: Draft model vocab of (%d) does not match base vocab of (%d).\n",draftvocab,base_n_vocab);
             }
             else
             {
@@ -3482,6 +3484,7 @@ ModelLoadResult gpttype_load_model(const load_model_inputs inputs, FileFormat in
             if(!dospam)
             {
                 llama_log_set(currlogger, curruserdat);
+                common_log_set_verbosity_thold(oldverbosity);
             }
             printf("Autofit Success: %d, Autofit Result: ",success);
             print_fitted_params(model_params,llama_ctx_params);
@@ -3489,7 +3492,6 @@ ModelLoadResult gpttype_load_model(const load_model_inputs inputs, FileFormat in
             {
                 //revert to previous
                 model_params.n_gpu_layers = inputs.gpulayers;
-                common_log_set_verbosity_thold(oldverbosity);
             }
         }