diff --git a/examples/corsika.cpp b/examples/corsika.cpp
index 76f8a194b8278c34f78c744ce145c2881fd98bbf..897ae834570104c2bbf03beea8fe4eb70580d257 100644
--- a/examples/corsika.cpp
+++ b/examples/corsika.cpp
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ void registerRandomStreams(long seed) {
   if (seed == 0) {
     std::random_device rd;
     seed = rd();
-    CORSIKA_LOG_INFO("random seed (auto) {} ", seed);
+    std::cout << "random seed (auto)  " << seed << std::endl;
   } else {
-    CORSIKA_LOG_INFO("random seed {} ", seed);
+      std::cout << "random seed {} " << seed << std::endl;
   }
   RNGManager<>::getInstance().setSeed(seed);
 }