diff --git a/src/dump.py b/src/dump.py
index 1a8884e..f700cb8 100644
--- a/src/dump.py
+++ b/src/dump.py
@@ -309,8 +309,10 @@ class dump:
       print "dump scaling status is unknown"
     elif self.nsnaps > 0:
       if self.scale_original == 1: self.unscale()
-      elif self.scale_original == 0: print "dump is already unscaled"
-      else: print "dump scaling status is unknown"
+      elif self.scale_original == 0:
+        if outputfl: print "dump is already unscaled"
+      else:
+        if outputfl: print "dump scaling status is unknown"
 
   # --------------------------------------------------------------------
   # read next snapshot from list of files
diff --git a/src/lpp.py b/src/lpp.py
index 73dffd7..b2614f6 100644
--- a/src/lpp.py
+++ b/src/lpp.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class lpp:
       "overwrite":self.overwrite} \
       for i in xrange(len(self.slices))]
     
-    print "dumpInput:",dumpInput
+    if self.debugMode: print "dumpInput:",dumpInput
     
     numberOfRuns = len(dumpInput)
     i = 0