diff --git a/micro_manager/micro_manager.py b/micro_manager/micro_manager.py
index 9869dc6a..930fd9cb 100644
--- a/micro_manager/micro_manager.py
+++ b/micro_manager/micro_manager.py
@@ -348,10 +348,9 @@ def _initialize(self) -> None:
                 self._micro_sims_init = True
                 initial_micro_output = self._micro_sims[0].initialize()  # Call initialize() of the first simulation
                 if initial_micro_output is None:  # Check if the detected initialize() method returns any data
-                    if self._rank == 0:
-                        warn("The initialize() call of the Micro simulation has not returned any initial data."
-                             " The initialize call is stopped.")
-                        self._micro_sims_init = False
+                    warn("The initialize() call of the Micro simulation has not returned any initial data."
+                         " The initialize call is stopped.")
+                    self._micro_sims_init = False
                 else:
                     # Save initial data from first micro simulation as we anyway have it
                     for name in initial_micro_output.keys():
@@ -363,7 +362,7 @@ def _initialize(self) -> None:
                         for name in self._adaptivity_micro_data_names:
                             self._data_for_adaptivity[name][i] = initial_micro_output[name]
             else:
-                print("Micro simulation has the method initialize(), but it is not called, because adaptivity is off.")
+                self._logger.info("Micro simulation has the method initialize(), but it is not called, because adaptivity is off.")
 
         self._micro_sims_have_output = False
         if hasattr(micro_problem, 'output') and callable(getattr(micro_problem, 'output')):