diff --git a/envision/server.py b/envision/server.py
index 8069a6177f..065b898940 100644
--- a/envision/server.py
+++ b/envision/server.py
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@
 from envision.web import dist as web_dist
 from smarts.core.utils.file import path2hash
 
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.WARNING)
-
-
 # Mapping of simulation IDs to a set of web client run loops
 WEB_CLIENT_RUN_LOOPS = {}
 
diff --git a/examples/e2_single_agent.py b/examples/e2_single_agent.py
index 07d34570c1..da3d223761 100644
--- a/examples/e2_single_agent.py
+++ b/examples/e2_single_agent.py
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 """This example shows how you might run a SMARTS environment for single-agent work. SMARTS is
 natively multi-agent so a single-agent wrapper is used."""
 import argparse
+import logging
 import random
 import sys
+import warnings
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Final
 
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.ERROR)
+warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")
+
+
 import gymnasium as gym
 
 SMARTS_REPO_PATH = Path(__file__).parents[1].absolute()
diff --git a/examples/replay/replay_klws_agent.py b/examples/replay/replay_klws_agent.py
index b94c92c459..ae2abfeb34 100644
--- a/examples/replay/replay_klws_agent.py
+++ b/examples/replay/replay_klws_agent.py
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 from smarts.env.utils.observation_conversion import ObservationOptions
 from smarts.zoo.registry import make as zoo_make
 
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
-
 AGENT_ID = "Agent-007"
 
 
@@ -116,6 +114,7 @@ def main(scenarios, sim_name, headless, seed, speed, max_steps, save_dir, write)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
     parser = default_argument_parser("klws-agent-example")
     parser.add_argument(
         "--speed",
diff --git a/smarts/__init__.py b/smarts/__init__.py
index 607d6c6631..23907bd163 100644
--- a/smarts/__init__.py
+++ b/smarts/__init__.py
@@ -18,8 +18,13 @@
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 # THE SOFTWARE.
 
+try:
+    from importlib.metadata import version
 
-import pkg_resources
+    VERSION = version("smarts")
+except:
+    # This is now deprecated `https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html`
+    import pkg_resources
 
-# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-VERSION = pkg_resources.get_distribution("smarts").version
+    # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
+    VERSION = pkg_resources.get_distribution("smarts").version
diff --git a/smarts/core/agent.py b/smarts/core/agent.py
index 0116125067..9b0b3bee37 100644
--- a/smarts/core/agent.py
+++ b/smarts/core/agent.py
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 import warnings
 from typing import Any, Callable
 
-warnings.simplefilter("once")
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/smarts/zoo/agent_spec.py b/smarts/zoo/agent_spec.py
index b44f23e4f6..70a0505fe5 100644
--- a/smarts/zoo/agent_spec.py
+++ b/smarts/zoo/agent_spec.py
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 from smarts.core.agent import Agent
 from smarts.core.agent_interface import AgentInterface
 
-warnings.simplefilter("once")
-
 
 @dataclass
 class AgentSpec(object):