diff --git a/modules/t/gene.t b/modules/t/gene.t
index f700051e07211f3a4737017974f5a86682e4f7d5..bb4980419e135d88f2c60dbe30e9232dac978a76 100644
--- a/modules/t/gene.t
+++ b/modules/t/gene.t
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use Bio::EnsEMBL::Gene;
 $loaded = 1;
 
 # switch on the debug prints
-my $verbose = 1;
+my $verbose = 0;
 
 ok(1);