diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5d33ee76..178f31f2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ testpaths = [
     "docs",
 ]
 addopts = "--doctest-modules --doctest-glob=*.rst"
+log_cli_level = "INFO"
 
 [tool.coverage.report]
 omit = [
diff --git a/src/hats_import/runtime_arguments.py b/src/hats_import/runtime_arguments.py
index 327fbfd1..f59e44ac 100644
--- a/src/hats_import/runtime_arguments.py
+++ b/src/hats_import/runtime_arguments.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import pandas as pd
 from hats.catalog import TableProperties
 from hats.io import file_io
-from hats.io.validation import is_valid_catalog
+from hats.io.validation import _is_catalog_info_valid
 from hats.pixel_math import spatial_index
 from upath import UPath
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def _check_arguments(self):
             raise ValueError("dask_threads_per_worker should be greater than 0")
 
         self.catalog_path = file_io.get_upath(self.output_path) / self.output_artifact_name
-        if is_valid_catalog(self.catalog_path):
+        if _is_catalog_info_valid(self.catalog_path):
             raise ValueError(f"Output path {self.catalog_path} already contains a valid catalog")
         if not self.resume:
             file_io.remove_directory(self.catalog_path, ignore_errors=True)
diff --git a/tests/hats_import/verification/test_run_verification.py b/tests/hats_import/verification/test_run_verification.py
index bb0f7b10..bb591e98 100644
--- a/tests/hats_import/verification/test_run_verification.py
+++ b/tests/hats_import/verification/test_run_verification.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import logging
+
 import pandas as pd
 import pytest
 
@@ -75,19 +77,21 @@ def test_test_is_valid_catalog(small_sky_object_catalog, wrong_files_and_rows_di
     assert not passed, "bad catalog passed"
 
 
-def test_test_is_valid_collection(test_data_dir, tmp_path, capsys):
+def test_test_is_valid_collection(test_data_dir, tmp_path, caplog, capsys):
     """`hats.is_valid_catalog` should pass for good catalogs, fail for catalogs without ancillary files."""
+    caplog.at_level(logging.INFO)
     args = VerificationArguments(
         input_catalog_path=test_data_dir / "small_sky_collection", output_path=tmp_path, verbose=True
     )
     verifier = runner.run(args)
     passed = verifier.test_is_valid_catalog()
     assert passed, "good catalog failed"
-    captured = capsys.readouterr().out
-    assert "Starting: Test hats.io.validation.is_valid_collection." in captured
-    assert "Validating collection at path" in captured
-    assert "Validating catalog at path" in captured
-    assert "Result: PASSED" in captured
+    captured_logs = caplog.text
+    captured_stdout = capsys.readouterr().out
+    assert "Starting: Test hats.io.validation.is_valid_collection." in captured_stdout
+    assert "Validating collection at path" in captured_logs
+    assert "Validating catalog at path" in captured_logs
+    assert "Result: PASSED" in captured_stdout
 
 
 def test_test_num_rows(small_sky_object_catalog, wrong_files_and_rows_dir, tmp_path):