diff --git a/examples/cascade_example.cpp b/examples/cascade_example.cpp
index 6632e797973aaac278add153b4428860464877f9..da7cdb2d4ab38c9b9b35d9d1b5bebf04750f9239 100644
--- a/examples/cascade_example.cpp
+++ b/examples/cascade_example.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ int main() {
 
   // setup processes, decays and interactions
   setup::Tracking tracking;
-  StackInspector<setup::Stack> stackInspect(1, true, E0);
+  StackInspector<setup::Stack> stackInspect(100, true, E0);
 
   RNGManager<>::getInstance().registerRandomStream("sibyll");
   RNGManager<>::getInstance().registerRandomStream("pythia");
diff --git a/examples/cascade_proton_example.cpp b/examples/cascade_proton_example.cpp
index cd043185db13e95a365a371b438bf3c32abe0293..8779ab4a7d0031780d259d44a25d5a86c218c230 100644
--- a/examples/cascade_proton_example.cpp
+++ b/examples/cascade_proton_example.cpp
@@ -121,10 +121,7 @@ int main() {
 
   RNGManager<>::getInstance().registerRandomStream("sibyll");
   RNGManager<>::getInstance().registerRandomStream("pythia");
-  // corsika::sibyll::Interaction sibyll;
   corsika::pythia8::Interaction pythia;
-  // sibyll::NuclearInteraction sibyllNuc(sibyll, env);
-  //  sibyll::Decay decay;
   corsika::pythia8::Decay decay;
   ParticleCut cut(60_GeV, true, true);
   cut.printThresholds();
@@ -140,9 +137,6 @@ int main() {
   BetheBlochPDG eLoss{showerAxis};
 
   // assemble all processes into an ordered process list
-  // auto sequence = make_sequence(sibyll, sibyllNuc, decay, eLoss, cut, trackWriter,
-  // stackInspect); auto sequence = make_sequence(sibyll, decay, eLoss, cut, trackWriter,
-  // stackInspect);
   auto sequence = make_sequence(pythia, decay, eLoss, cut, trackWriter, stackInspect);
 
   // define air shower object, run simulation
diff --git a/tests/framework/testCascade.cpp b/tests/framework/testCascade.cpp
index 607daac9929bf407aae9bb87d904cf7c09f6cb51..49f15c9e9f66d3362d5b20d15245fc4cba509031 100644
--- a/tests/framework/testCascade.cpp
+++ b/tests/framework/testCascade.cpp
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public:
 
 TEST_CASE("Cascade", "[Cascade]") {
 
-  logging::set_level(logging::level::trace);
+  logging::set_level(logging::level::info);
 
   HEPEnergyType E0 = 100_GeV;
 
diff --git a/tests/framework/testSolver.cpp b/tests/framework/testSolver.cpp
index 423b73b8b60bcb4c90c4f3e2ff9adbf732b2e724..089335ed5ee6d42d25ec8ddee4a47e459c503325 100644
--- a/tests/framework/testSolver.cpp
+++ b/tests/framework/testSolver.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ void remove_duplicates(vector<double>& v, double const eps) {
 
 TEST_CASE("Solver") {
 
-  logging::set_level(logging::level::trace);
+  logging::set_level(logging::level::info);
 
   double epsilon_check = 1e-3; // for catch2 asserts
 
diff --git a/tests/modules/testNullModel.cpp b/tests/modules/testNullModel.cpp
index 6485b7df95a804e11301c0bc01095d705586fdea..658ec03d13ed50c010ed75fa1f7abb34383fc36a 100644
--- a/tests/modules/testNullModel.cpp
+++ b/tests/modules/testNullModel.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ using namespace corsika;
 
 TEST_CASE("NullModel", "[processes]") {
 
-  logging::set_level(logging::level::trace);
+  logging::set_level(logging::level::info);
 
   SECTION("interface") {
     [[maybe_unused]] NullModel model; // nothing to test...
diff --git a/tests/modules/testOnShellCheck.cpp b/tests/modules/testOnShellCheck.cpp
index 799049f29d94dd56d1cd1518bbf40029ead4a818..341fc3c88ab0ad4fa5c7b16efa70aaa0a48095ce 100644
--- a/tests/modules/testOnShellCheck.cpp
+++ b/tests/modules/testOnShellCheck.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ using namespace corsika;
 
 TEST_CASE("OnShellCheck", "[processes]") {
 
-  logging::set_level(logging::level::debug);
+  logging::set_level(logging::level::info);
 
   feenableexcept(FE_INVALID);
   using EnvType = setup::Environment;
diff --git a/tests/modules/testSibyll.cpp b/tests/modules/testSibyll.cpp
index 79caacd961bdfdefa95ea93118d172d4d07dc2b1..3f0c89e08b3e85ece0e59296b9f273414dadac56 100644
--- a/tests/modules/testSibyll.cpp
+++ b/tests/modules/testSibyll.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ using namespace corsika::sibyll;
 
 TEST_CASE("Sibyll", "[processes]") {
 
-  logging::set_level(logging::level::trace);
+  logging::set_level(logging::level::info);
 
   SECTION("Sibyll -> Corsika") {
     CHECK(Code::Electron ==
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ auto sumMomentum(TStackView const& view, CoordinateSystemPtr const& vCS) {
 
 TEST_CASE("SibyllInterface", "[processes]") {
 
-  logging::set_level(logging::level::trace);
+  logging::set_level(logging::level::info);
 
   auto [env, csPtr, nodePtr] = setup::testing::setup_environment(Code::Oxygen);
   auto const& cs = *csPtr;