diff --git a/internal/env/config.go b/internal/env/config.go
index 71f6392..68e49f3 100644
--- a/internal/env/config.go
+++ b/internal/env/config.go
@@ -89,12 +89,12 @@ func NewConfig(stdout, stderr io.Writer) (*Config, error) {
 		cfg.Timeout = fmt.Sprintf("%ss", cfg.Timeout)
 	}
 
+	cfg.loadValuesSecrets()
+
 	if cfg.Debug && cfg.Stderr != nil {
 		cfg.logDebug()
 	}
 
-	cfg.loadValuesSecrets()
-
 	cfg.deprecationWarn()
 
 	return &cfg, nil
@@ -108,9 +108,6 @@ func (cfg *Config) loadValuesSecrets() {
 		varName = sigils.ReplaceAllString(varName, "")
 
 		if value, ok := os.LookupEnv(varName); ok {
-			if cfg.Debug {
-				fmt.Fprintf(cfg.Stderr, "Replaced $%s with value in environment\n", varName)
-			}
 			return value
 		}
 
@@ -120,13 +117,7 @@ func (cfg *Config) loadValuesSecrets() {
 		return ""
 	}
 
-	if cfg.Debug {
-		fmt.Fprintf(cfg.Stderr, "Replacing environment variable references in Values\n")
-	}
 	cfg.Values = findVar.ReplaceAllStringFunc(cfg.Values, replacer)
-	if cfg.Debug {
-		fmt.Fprintf(cfg.Stderr, "Replacing environment variable references in StringValues\n")
-	}
 	cfg.StringValues = findVar.ReplaceAllStringFunc(cfg.StringValues, replacer)
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/env/config_test.go b/internal/env/config_test.go
index a17fffa..4288342 100644
--- a/internal/env/config_test.go
+++ b/internal/env/config_test.go
@@ -208,15 +208,8 @@ func (suite *ConfigTestSuite) TestValuesSecretsWithDebugLogging() {
 	_, err := NewConfig(&strings.Builder{}, &stderr)
 	suite.Require().NoError(err)
 
-	// Make a good-faith effort to avoid putting secrets in the log output, but still mention they were found
-	suite.Contains(stderr.String(), "Values:fire=$SECRET_FIRE,water=$SECRET_WATER")
-	suite.Contains(stderr.String(), `
-Replacing environment variable references in Values
-Replaced $SECRET_FIRE with value in environment
-$SECRET_WATER not present in environment, replaced with ""
-Replacing environment variable references in StringValues
-Replaced $SECRET_FIRE with value in environment
-`)
+	suite.Contains(stderr.String(), "Values:fire=Eru_Ilúvatar,water=")
+	suite.Contains(stderr.String(), `$SECRET_WATER not present in environment, replaced with ""`)
 }
 
 func (suite *ConfigTestSuite) setenv(key, val string) {