diff --git a/kio.categories b/kio.categories
--- a/kio.categories
+++ b/kio.categories
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
-kf5.kio.cookiejar kcookiejar (KIO) IDENTIFIER [KIO_COOKIEJAR]
+kf5.kio.cookiejar kcookiejar (KIO) DEFAULT_SEVERITY [WARNING] IDENTIFIER [KIO_COOKIEJAR]
 kf5.kio.core.copyjob KIO::CopyJob (KIO) DEFAULT_SEVERITY [WARNING] IDENTIFIER [KIO_COPYJOB_DEBUG]
 kf5.kio.core.dirlister KCoreDirLister (KIO) DEFAULT_SEVERITY [WARNING] IDENTIFIER [KIO_CORE_DIRLISTER]
-kf5.kio.core KIOCore (KIO) IDENTIFIER [KIO_CORE]
+kf5.kio.core KIOCore (KIO) DEFAULT_SEVERITY [WARNING] IDENTIFIER [KIO_CORE]
 kf5.kio.core.sambashare sambashare (KIO) DEFAULT_SEVERITY [WARNING] IDENTIFIER [KIO_CORE_SAMBASHARE]
-kf5.kiod KIO Daemon (KIO) IDENTIFIER [KIOD_CATEGORY]
-kf5.kio.favicons FavIcons (KIO) IDENTIFIER [FAVICONS_LOG]
-kf5.kio.kdirmodel KDirModel (KIO) IDENTIFIER [category]
-kf5.kio.kio_file kiofile (KIO) IDENTIFIER [KIO_FILE]
+kf5.kiod KIO Daemon (KIO) DEFAULT_SEVERITY [WARNING] IDENTIFIER [KIOD_CATEGORY]
+kf5.kio.favicons FavIcons (KIO) DEFAULT_SEVERITY [WARNING] IDENTIFIER [FAVICONS_LOG]
+kf5.kio.kdirmodel KDirModel (KIO) DEFAULT_SEVERITY [WARNING] IDENTIFIER [category]
+kf5.kio.kio_file kiofile (KIO) DEFAULT_SEVERITY [WARNING] IDENTIFIER [KIO_FILE]
 kf5.kio.kio_ftp kio ftp (KIO) DEFAULT_SEVERITY [WARNING] IDENTIFIER [KIO_FTP]
 kf5.kio.kio_http KIO HTTP slave (KIO) DEFAULT_SEVERITY [WARNING] IDENTIFIER [KIO_HTTP]
-kf5.kio.kio_http.auth kio http auth (KIO) IDENTIFIER [KIO_HTTP_AUTH]
-kf5.kio.kio_http.filter kio http filter (KIO) IDENTIFIER [KIO_HTTP_FILTER]
-kf5.kio.trash kio trash (KIO) IDENTIFIER [KIO_TRASH]
-kf5.kio.useragentdlg kio useragentdialog (KIO) IDENTIFIER [KIO_USERAGENTDLG]
-kf5.kio.widgets KIOWidgets (KIO) IDENTIFIER [KIO_WIDGETS]
-org.kde.kio.kpasswdserver KPasswdServer (KIO) IDENTIFIER [category]
+kf5.kio.kio_http.auth kio http auth (KIO) DEFAULT_SEVERITY [WARNING] IDENTIFIER [KIO_HTTP_AUTH]
+kf5.kio.kio_http.filter kio http filter (KIO) DEFAULT_SEVERITY [WARNING] IDENTIFIER [KIO_HTTP_FILTER]
+kf5.kio.trash kio trash (KIO) DEFAULT_SEVERITY [WARNING] IDENTIFIER [KIO_TRASH]
+kf5.kio.useragentdlg kio useragentdialog (KIO) DEFAULT_SEVERITY [WARNING] IDENTIFIER [KIO_USERAGENTDLG]
+kf5.kio.widgets KIOWidgets (KIO) DEFAULT_SEVERITY [WARNING] IDENTIFIER [KIO_WIDGETS]
+org.kde.kio.kpasswdserver KPasswdServer (KIO) IDEFAULT_SEVERITY [WARNING] DENTIFIER [category]
 org.kde.kurifilter-localdomain KUriFilter Local Domain (KIO)  DEFAULT_SEVERITY [WARNING] IDENTIFIER [category]
 org.kde.kurifilter-ikws KUriFilter IKWS (KIO)  DEFAULT_SEVERITY [WARNING] IDENTIFIER [category]
 org.kde.kurifilter-shorturi KUriFilter Shorturi (KIO)  DEFAULT_SEVERITY [WARNING] IDENTIFIER [category]