diff --git a/inputs/autoPyLoT_local.in b/inputs/autoPyLoT_local.in
index 329a0fe2..725a9dec 100644
--- a/inputs/autoPyLoT_local.in
+++ b/inputs/autoPyLoT_local.in
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ EVENT_DATA/LOCAL		    #datapath#     %data path
 /DATA/Insheim/STAT_INFO             #invdir#       %full path to inventory or dataless-seed file
 PILOT				    #datastructure#%choose data structure
 0                                   #iplot#        %flag for plotting: 0 none, 1 partly, >1 everything
+True                                #apverbose#    %choose 'True' or 'False' for terminal output
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 #NLLoc settings#
 /home/ludger/NLLOC                  #nllocbin#     %path to NLLoc executable
diff --git a/pylot/core/pick/autopick.py b/pylot/core/pick/autopick.py
index 9879feb7..efbceff8 100755
--- a/pylot/core/pick/autopick.py
+++ b/pylot/core/pick/autopick.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ def autopickevent(data, param):
     wdttolerance = param.get('wdttolerance')
     mdttolerance = param.get('mdttolerance')
     iplot = param.get('iplot')
+    apverbose = param.get('apverbose')
     for n in range(len(data)):
         station = data[n].stats.station
         if station not in stations:
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ def autopickevent(data, param):
 
     for station in stations:
         topick = data.select(station=station)
-        all_onsets[station] = autopickstation(topick, param)
+        all_onsets[station] = autopickstation(topick, param, verbose=apverbose)
 
     # quality control
     # median check and jackknife on P-onset times
@@ -366,7 +367,6 @@ def autopickstation(wfstream, pickparam, verbose=False):
                      round(min([mpickP + sstop, Lwf]))]
 
         if algoS == 'ARH':
-            if verbose: print(edat, ndat)
             # re-create stream object including both horizontal components
             hdat = edat.copy()
             hdat += ndat
@@ -383,7 +383,6 @@ def autopickstation(wfstream, pickparam, verbose=False):
             h_copy[0].data = trH1_filt.data
             h_copy[1].data = trH2_filt.data
         elif algoS == 'AR3':
-            if verbose: print(zdat, edat, ndat)
             # re-create stream object including all components
             hdat = zdat.copy()
             hdat += edat