diff --git a/slips_files/common/idmefv2.py b/slips_files/common/idmefv2.py
index 3b78cefcb..a628992a1 100644
--- a/slips_files/common/idmefv2.py
+++ b/slips_files/common/idmefv2.py
@@ -162,12 +162,11 @@ def convert_to_idmef_alert(self, alert: Alert) -> Message:
             return msg
 
         except jsonschema.exceptions.ValidationError as e:
-            # TODO should be logged using a module's print!
-            print(f"IDMEFv2 Validation failure: {e} {e.message}")
+            self.print(f"Validation failure: {e} {e}", 0, 1)
 
         except Exception as e:
-            print(f"Error in convert(): {e}")
-            print(traceback.format_exc())
+            self.print(f"Error in convert(): {e}", 0, 1)
+            self.print(traceback.format_exc(), 0, 1)
 
     def is_icmp_code(self, code) -> bool:
         """checks if the given string is an icmp error code"""
@@ -308,9 +307,7 @@ def convert_to_idmef_event(self, evidence: Evidence) -> Message:
             return msg
 
         except jsonschema.exceptions.ValidationError as e:
-            # TODO should be logged using a module's print!
-            print(f"IDMEFv2 Validation failure: {e.message}")
-
+            self.print(f"Validation failure: {e}", 0, 1)
         except Exception as e:
-            print(f"Error in convert_to_idmef_event(): {e}")
-            print(traceback.format_exc())
+            self.print(f"Error in convert_to_idmef_event(): {e}", 0, 1)
+            self.print(traceback.format_exc(), 0, 1)
diff --git a/slips_files/core/database/redis_db/alert_handler.py b/slips_files/core/database/redis_db/alert_handler.py
index 47e5eaa8e..3bcf64638 100644
--- a/slips_files/core/database/redis_db/alert_handler.py
+++ b/slips_files/core/database/redis_db/alert_handler.py
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ def set_evidence(self, evidence: Evidence):
         """
         # create the profile if it doesn't exist
         self.add_profile(str(evidence.profile), evidence.timestamp)
+        # normalize confidence, should range from 0 to 1
+        evidence.confidence = min(evidence.confidence, 1)
 
         # Ignore evidence if it's disabled in the configuration file
         if self.is_detection_disabled(evidence.evidence_type):
diff --git a/slips_files/core/evidencehandler.py b/slips_files/core/evidencehandler.py
index ee9a7ca1e..acf7cdcd9 100644
--- a/slips_files/core/evidencehandler.py
+++ b/slips_files/core/evidencehandler.py
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ def clean_file(self, output_dir, file_to_clean):
 
     def handle_unable_to_log(self):
         self.print("Error logging evidence/alert.")
-        self.print(traceback.format_exc(), 0, 1)
 
     def add_alert_to_json_log_file(self, alert: Alert):
         """