diff --git a/metplus/util/config_util.py b/metplus/util/config_util.py
index 0f9bc068f1..5baea3623c 100644
--- a/metplus/util/config_util.py
+++ b/metplus/util/config_util.py
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ def write_all_commands(all_commands, config):
     @returns False if no commands were provided, True otherwise
     """
     if not all_commands:
-        config.logger.error("No commands were run. "
-                            "Skip writing all_commands file")
+        config.logger.info("No commands were run. "
+                           "Skip writing all_commands file")
         return False
 
     log_timestamp = config.getstr('config', 'LOG_TIMESTAMP')
diff --git a/metplus/util/run_util.py b/metplus/util/run_util.py
index e201392f42..9a98f91098 100644
--- a/metplus/util/run_util.py
+++ b/metplus/util/run_util.py
@@ -147,9 +147,7 @@ def run_metplus(config):
         # if process list contains any wrapper that should run commands
         if any([item[0] not in NO_COMMAND_WRAPPERS for item in process_list]):
             # write out all commands and environment variables to file
-            if not write_all_commands(all_commands, config):
-                # report an error if no commands were generated
-                total_errors += 1
+            write_all_commands(all_commands, config)
 
         # compute total number of errors that occurred and output results
         for process in processes: