diff --git a/src/main/java/GraphDataObjectReader.java b/src/main/java/GraphDataObjectReader.java
index fea0bff..c8940c8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/GraphDataObjectReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/GraphDataObjectReader.java
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ public class GraphDataObjectReader {
             BufferedInputStream fileIn = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(filename));
                 ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(fileIn))
         {
-            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");
+            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");
+            }
             data = (GraphWithMapData) in.readObject();
         } catch (FileNotFoundException | ClassNotFoundException ex) {
             ex.printStackTrace();