diff --git a/vroni_object.cc b/vroni_object.cc
index 5631880..4101a3d 100644
--- a/vroni_object.cc
+++ b/vroni_object.cc
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ vroniObject::vroniObject()
 #endif
    
    /* from api_functions.cc */
-   verbose = true;
-   quiet = false;
+   verbose = false;
+   quiet = true;
    statistics = false;
    numerical = false;
    scale_data = true;