diff --git a/src/main/java/GraphDataObjectWriter.java b/src/main/java/GraphDataObjectWriter.java
index 3cf79e8..6b6a832 100644
--- a/src/main/java/GraphDataObjectWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/GraphDataObjectWriter.java
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import org.jgrapht.Graph;
+
 import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -7,6 +9,7 @@ public class GraphDataObjectWriter {
 
     private GraphWithMapData data;
     private String filename;
+    private boolean verbose = true;
 
     public GraphDataObjectWriter(String filename, GraphWithMapData data) {
         if(!filename.matches(".*\\.ser")){
@@ -16,13 +19,24 @@ public class GraphDataObjectWriter {
         this.data = data;
     }
 
+    public GraphDataObjectWriter(String filename, GraphWithMapData data, boolean verbose) {
+        this.verbose = verbose;
+        if(!filename.matches(".*\\.ser")){
+            filename = filename + ".ser";
+        }
+        this.filename = filename;
+        this.data = data;
+    }
+
     public void writeDataToFile() {
         try (BufferedOutputStream bufferedOut = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(filename));
 
              ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(bufferedOut);
         ){
-            System.out.println("Writing graph and occupancy data to file. This may take some time.");
-            System.out.println("File I/O time is not included in results.");
+            if(verbose) {
+                System.out.println("Writing graph and occupancy data to file. This may take some time.");
+                System.out.println("File I/O time is not included in results.");
+            }
             out.writeObject(data);
         } catch (IOException ex) {
             ex.printStackTrace();