diff --git a/src/main/java/GraphDataObjectReader.java b/src/main/java/GraphDataObjectReader.java
index 8e883ee..ff7edb4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/GraphDataObjectReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/GraphDataObjectReader.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ public class GraphDataObjectReader {
 
     private GraphWithMapData data;
     private String filename;
-    private boolean verbose = true;
+
 
     public GraphDataObjectReader(String filename, boolean verbose) throws IOException {
         if(!filename.matches(".*\\.ser")){
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public class GraphDataObjectReader {
             BufferedInputStream fileIn = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(filename));
                 ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(fileIn))
         {
-            if (this.verbose) {
+            if (verbose) {
                 System.out.println("Reading graph data from file. This may take some time");
                 System.out.println("File I/O time is not included in results");
             }