diff --git a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/bouncers.go b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/bouncers.go
index 8c8af923a0f..b908bc9c41e 100644
--- a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/bouncers.go
+++ b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/bouncers.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Note: This command requires database direct access, so is intended to be run on
 		DisableAutoGenTag: true,
 		PersistentPreRunE: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 			var err error
-			if err = require.DB(cli.cfg()); err != nil {
+			if err = require.LAPI(cli.cfg()); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
diff --git a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/require/require.go b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/require/require.go
index e4589b7ce07..683910768ed 100644
--- a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/require/require.go
+++ b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/require/require.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func LAPI(c *csconfig.Config) error {
-	if err := c.LoadAPIServer(); err != nil {
+	if err := c.LoadAPIServer(true); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to load Local API: %w", err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/support.go b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/support.go
index ca14ea872b8..47768e7c2ee 100644
--- a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/support.go
+++ b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/support.go
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ cscli support dump -f /tmp/crowdsec-support.zip
 				infos[SUPPORT_AGENTS_PATH] = []byte(err.Error())
 			}
 
-			if err := csConfig.LoadAPIServer(); err != nil {
+			if err := csConfig.LoadAPIServer(true); err != nil {
 				log.Warnf("could not load LAPI, skipping CAPI check")
 				skipLAPI = true
 				infos[SUPPORT_CAPI_STATUS_PATH] = []byte(err.Error())
diff --git a/cmd/crowdsec/main.go b/cmd/crowdsec/main.go
index bdb04023e0b..2040141bb3e 100644
--- a/cmd/crowdsec/main.go
+++ b/cmd/crowdsec/main.go
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ func LoadConfig(configFile string, disableAgent bool, disableAPI bool, quiet boo
 	}
 
 	if !cConfig.DisableAPI {
-		if err := cConfig.LoadAPIServer(); err != nil {
+		if err := cConfig.LoadAPIServer(false); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/csconfig/api.go b/pkg/csconfig/api.go
index 06b3d382826..068046c80cb 100644
--- a/pkg/csconfig/api.go
+++ b/pkg/csconfig/api.go
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ type LocalApiServerCfg struct {
 	CapiWhitelists                *CapiWhitelist      `yaml:"-"`
 }
 
-func (c *Config) LoadAPIServer() error {
+func (c *Config) LoadAPIServer(inCli bool) error {
 	if c.DisableAPI {
 		log.Warning("crowdsec local API is disabled from flag")
 	}
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ func (c *Config) LoadAPIServer() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if c.API.Server.OnlineClient == nil || c.API.Server.OnlineClient.Credentials == nil {
+	if (c.API.Server.OnlineClient == nil || c.API.Server.OnlineClient.Credentials == nil) && !inCli {
 		log.Printf("push and pull to Central API disabled")
 	}
 
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ func (c *Config) LoadAPIServer() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if c.API.Server.CapiWhitelistsPath != "" {
+	if c.API.Server.CapiWhitelistsPath != "" && !inCli {
 		log.Infof("loaded capi whitelist from %s: %d IPs, %d CIDRs", c.API.Server.CapiWhitelistsPath, len(c.API.Server.CapiWhitelists.Ips), len(c.API.Server.CapiWhitelists.Cidrs))
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/csconfig/api_test.go b/pkg/csconfig/api_test.go
index e1e24e2be34..db0dfb2d242 100644
--- a/pkg/csconfig/api_test.go
+++ b/pkg/csconfig/api_test.go
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ func TestLoadAPIServer(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range tests {
 		tc := tc
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			err := tc.input.LoadAPIServer()
+			err := tc.input.LoadAPIServer(true)
 			cstest.RequireErrorContains(t, err, tc.expectedErr)
 			if tc.expectedErr != "" {
 				return
diff --git a/pkg/csconfig/config.go b/pkg/csconfig/config.go
index 09f46e25058..a704414952e 100644
--- a/pkg/csconfig/config.go
+++ b/pkg/csconfig/config.go
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	Hub          *LocalHubCfg        `yaml:"-"`
 }
 
-func NewConfig(configFile string, disableAgent bool, disableAPI bool, quiet bool) (*Config, string, error) {
+func NewConfig(configFile string, disableAgent bool, disableAPI bool, inCli bool) (*Config, string, error) {
 	patcher := yamlpatch.NewPatcher(configFile, ".local")
-	patcher.SetQuiet(quiet)
+	patcher.SetQuiet(inCli)
 	fcontent, err := patcher.MergedPatchContent()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, "", err