diff --git a/SPRINTLOG.md b/SPRINTLOG.md
index bdf60e3b7..64dd873a9 100644
--- a/SPRINTLOG.md
+++ b/SPRINTLOG.md
@@ -461,4 +461,5 @@ _Nothing merged during this sprint_
 
 # 2024-12-02 - 2024-12-13
 
-- Bugfix: Quick and dirty change to prevent `dds ls --tree` from failing systematically ([#1575](https://github.com/ScilifelabDataCentre/dds_web/pull/1575).
+- Filter out the MaintenanceModeException from the logs ([#1573](https://github.com/ScilifelabDataCentre/dds_web/pull/1573))
+- Bugfix: Quick and dirty change to prevent `dds ls --tree` from failing systematically ([#1575](https://github.com/ScilifelabDataCentre/dds_web/pull/1575)
diff --git a/dds_web/__init__.py b/dds_web/__init__.py
index fd87c63ca..55d7e51cb 100644
--- a/dds_web/__init__.py
+++ b/dds_web/__init__.py
@@ -68,6 +68,20 @@
 ####################################################################################################
 
 
+class FilterMaintenanceExc(logging.Filter):
+
+    def filter(record):
+        """
+        Filters log records to exclude those with MaintenanceOngoingException.
+        Returns:
+            bool: True if the log record should be logged, False if it should be filtered out.
+        """
+        from dds_web.errors import MaintenanceOngoingException
+
+        # Check if the log record does not have an exception or if the exception is not MaintenanceOngoingException
+        return record.exc_info is None or record.exc_info[0] != MaintenanceOngoingException
+
+
 def setup_logging(app):
     """Setup loggers"""
 
@@ -164,6 +178,9 @@ def action_wrapper(_, __, event_dict):
         cache_logger_on_first_use=True,
     )
 
+    # Add custom filter to the logger
+    logging.getLogger("general").addFilter(FilterMaintenanceExc)
+
 
 def create_app(testing=False, database_uri=None):
     try: