diff --git a/libIRDB/src/core/IRDB_Objects.cpp b/libIRDB/src/core/IRDB_Objects.cpp
index 30e011df8d68726da4fb8b5b89a625d6bd86d0d9..17ea07d06eb9da606dd3038b6525043b5680ea49 100644
--- a/libIRDB/src/core/IRDB_Objects.cpp
+++ b/libIRDB/src/core/IRDB_Objects.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int IRDBObjects_t::writeBackFileIR(const db_id_t file_id)
                     
 	try
 	{
-		cout<<"Writing changes for "<<the_file->GetURL()<<endl;
+		// cout<<"Writing changes for "<<the_file->GetURL()<<endl;
 		// make sure static variable is set in the calling module -- IMPORTANT
 		const auto & the_fileIR = (it->second).fileIR;
 		the_fileIR->SetArchitecture();
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ int IRDBObjects_t::writeBackVariant(const db_id_t variant_id)
 
 	try
 	{
-		cout<<"Writing changes for variant "<<variant_id<<endl;
+		// cout<<"Writing changes for variant "<<variant_id<<endl;
 		it->second->WriteToDB();
         	return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/libIRDB/src/core/fileir.cpp b/libIRDB/src/core/fileir.cpp
index 89f94dba2c1b48ca938056fb4144cdf551617726..d8ff8b897d1bfee0cce4c1fc9e26a78f028e1661 100644
--- a/libIRDB/src/core/fileir.cpp
+++ b/libIRDB/src/core/fileir.cpp
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ void FileIR_t::ReadRelocsFromDB
 
 void FileIR_t::WriteToDB()
 {
-    	const auto WriteIRDB_start = clock();
+//     	const auto WriteIRDB_start = clock();
 
 	const auto pqIntr=dynamic_cast<pqxxDB_t*>(dbintr);
 	assert(pqIntr);
@@ -897,17 +897,18 @@ void FileIR_t::WriteToDB()
 	}
 	W_reloc.complete();
 
+/*	std::cout << std::dec; 
+
 	const auto WriteIRDB_end = clock();
 	const auto read_time = (double)(ReadIRDB_end-ReadIRDB_start)/ CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
 	const auto write_time = (double)(WriteIRDB_end-WriteIRDB_start)/ CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
 	const auto wall_time = (double)(WriteIRDB_end-ReadIRDB_start)/ CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
 	const auto transform_time=wall_time - read_time - write_time; 
-
-	std::cout << std::dec; 
     	std::cout << std::fixed << std::setprecision(2) << "#ATTRIBUTE ReadIRDB_WallClock=" << read_time <<endl;
     	std::cout << std::fixed << std::setprecision(2) << "#ATTRIBUTE WriteIRDB_WallClock=" << write_time << endl;
     	std::cout << std::fixed << std::setprecision(2) << "#ATTRIBUTE TotalIRDB_WallClock=" << wall_time << endl;
     	std::cout << std::fixed << std::setprecision(2) << "#ATTRIBUTE TransformIRDB_WallClock=" << transform_time << endl;
+*/
 
 }
 
diff --git a/libIRDB/src/core/variantid.cpp b/libIRDB/src/core/variantid.cpp
index bb821a13e25f56d7cf28453b1d3470f71695a7ab..df50ce94979590ef862885f5e08a32895c11a569 100644
--- a/libIRDB/src/core/variantid.cpp
+++ b/libIRDB/src/core/variantid.cpp
@@ -473,8 +473,8 @@ void VariantID_t::ReadFilesFromDB()
 
 		File_t *newfile=new File_t(file_id,orig_fid,url,hash,type,oid,atn,ftn,itn,icfs,icfs_map,rtn,typ,dtn,ehp,css,doipid);
 
-std::cout<<"Found file "<<file_id<<"."<<std::endl;
-std::cout<<"  atn: " << atn << " ftn: " << ftn << " rtn: " << rtn << " typ: " << typ << std::endl;
+// std::cout<<"Found file "<<file_id<<"."<<std::endl;
+// std::cout<<"  atn: " << atn << " ftn: " << ftn << " rtn: " << rtn << " typ: " << typ << std::endl;
 
 		files.insert(newfile);