diff --git a/rowbot b/rowbot
index 9feff6d..57685f4 100755
--- a/rowbot
+++ b/rowbot
@@ -713,8 +713,11 @@ hook_cmd_sysroot() {
 
 hook_cmd_control_panel() {
   if [[ $from != "$owner" && $dev != yes ]]; then
-    privmsg "$to" "$from is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported."
-    info "security breach from %s in sector %s" "$from" "$to"
+    if [[ $action = @(raw|join|reload|level|dev|dev\?|trigger|cycle|dev) ]]; then
+      privmsg "$to" "$from is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported."
+      info "security breach from %s in sector %s" "$from" "$to"
+    fi
+
     return 0
   fi