diff --git a/x/mlxrunner/cache/cache.go b/x/mlxrunner/cache/cache.go
index 274bdffe1..3c1ff6011 100644
--- a/x/mlxrunner/cache/cache.go
+++ b/x/mlxrunner/cache/cache.go
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 package cache
 
 import (
-	"log/slog"
-
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/logutil"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/x/mlxrunner/mlx"
 )
 
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ func (c *RotatingKVCache) Update(keys, values *mlx.Array) (*mlx.Array, *mlx.Arra
 }
 
 func (c *RotatingKVCache) concat(keys, values *mlx.Array) (newK *mlx.Array, newV *mlx.Array) {
-	slog.Debug("(*RotatingKVCache).concat", "keys_dim", keys.Dims(), "values_dim", values.Dims(), "offset", c.offset, "idx", c.idx, "max_size", c.maxSize)
+	logutil.Trace("(*RotatingKVCache).concat", "keys_dim", keys.Dims(), "values_dim", values.Dims(), "offset", c.offset, "idx", c.idx, "max_size", c.maxSize)
 	if c.keys == nil {
 		c.keys, c.values = keys.Clone(), values.Clone()
 		mlx.Pin(c.keys, c.values)
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ func (c *RotatingKVCache) concat(keys, values *mlx.Array) (newK *mlx.Array, newV
 }
 
 func (c *RotatingKVCache) update(keys, values *mlx.Array) (*mlx.Array, *mlx.Array) {
-	slog.Debug("(*RotatingKVCache).update", "keys_dim", keys.Dims(), "values_dim", values.Dims(), "offset", c.offset, "idx", c.idx, "max_size", c.maxSize)
+	logutil.Trace("(*RotatingKVCache).update", "keys_dim", keys.Dims(), "values_dim", values.Dims(), "offset", c.offset, "idx", c.idx, "max_size", c.maxSize)
 	B, H, L, Dk, Dv := keys.Dim(0), keys.Dim(1), keys.Dim(2), keys.Dim(3), values.Dim(3)
 
 	prev := c.offset
diff --git a/x/mlxrunner/client.go b/x/mlxrunner/client.go
index 19e987736..2152c382f 100644
--- a/x/mlxrunner/client.go
+++ b/x/mlxrunner/client.go
@@ -119,16 +119,13 @@ func NewClient(modelName string) (*Client, error) {
 	stdout, _ := cmd.StdoutPipe()
 	stderr, _ := cmd.StderrPipe()
 	go func() {
-		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(stdout)
-		for scanner.Scan() {
-			slog.Info("mlx-runner", "msg", scanner.Text())
-		}
+		io.Copy(os.Stderr, stdout) //nolint:errcheck
 	}()
 	go func() {
 		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(stderr)
 		for scanner.Scan() {
 			line := scanner.Text()
-			slog.Warn("mlx-runner", "msg", line)
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, line)
 			c.lastErrLock.Lock()
 			c.lastErr = line
 			c.lastErrLock.Unlock()