diff --git a/modules/t/dbEntries.t b/modules/t/dbEntries.t
index c20587043455d8604579542a1b092ec4c2dfd966..b89cb79b22677b5202e785fe3e536f318855f276 100644
--- a/modules/t/dbEntries.t
+++ b/modules/t/dbEntries.t
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use Bio::EnsEMBL::DBEntry;
 
 # switch on the debug prints
 
-our $verbose = 1;
+our $verbose = 0;
 
 debug( "Startup test" );
 #