diff --git a/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/spark/SparkInterpreter.java b/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/spark/SparkInterpreter.java
index cd4d36bc3b7..b53e80f9d59 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/spark/SparkInterpreter.java
+++ b/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/spark/SparkInterpreter.java
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ private DepInterpreter getDepInterpreter() {
   }
 
   public SparkContext createSparkContext() {
-    System.err.println("------ Create new SparkContext " + getProperty("master") + " -------");
+    logger.info("------ Create new SparkContext {} -------", getProperty("master"));
 
     String execUri = System.getenv("SPARK_EXECUTOR_URI");
     String[] jars = SparkILoop.getAddedJars();