diff --git a/bcos-utilities/BoostLogInitializer.h b/bcos-utilities/BoostLogInitializer.h
index 3651f85..b79da1a 100644
--- a/bcos-utilities/BoostLogInitializer.h
+++ b/bcos-utilities/BoostLogInitializer.h
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 #include <boost/property_tree/ini_parser.hpp>
 #include <boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp>
 #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <string>
 
 namespace bcos
 {
@@ -95,7 +97,15 @@ class BoostLogInitializer
         {
             try
             {
-                auto formatter = boost::log::parse_formatter(format);
+                // replace ~ with %, because only % is used as escape character in boost log
+                std::string realFormat(format);
+                char toReplace = '~';
+                char replacement = '%';
+                std::replace_if(
+                    realFormat.begin(), realFormat.end(),
+                    [&toReplace](char c) { return c == toReplace; }, replacement);
+
+                auto formatter = boost::log::parse_formatter(realFormat);
                 _sink->set_formatter(formatter);
             }
             catch (std::exception& e)
diff --git a/cmake/CompilerSettings.cmake b/cmake/CompilerSettings.cmake
index 17c9e73..989aae8 100644
--- a/cmake/CompilerSettings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/CompilerSettings.cmake
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ if(("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "GNU") OR("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATC
     add_compile_options(-Wno-unused-variable)
     add_compile_options(-Wno-unknown-pragmas)
     add_compile_options(-Wno-deprecated-declarations)
-    add_compile_options(-Wno-error=deprecated-declarations)
     add_compile_options(-fno-omit-frame-pointer)
     add_compile_options(-Wno-error=strict-aliasing)