diff --git a/libretroshare/src/file_sharing/directory_storage.cc b/libretroshare/src/file_sharing/directory_storage.cc
index 6d5bab024..612fda1d6 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/file_sharing/directory_storage.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/file_sharing/directory_storage.cc
@@ -746,9 +746,11 @@ bool RemoteDirectoryStorage::deserialiseUpdateDirEntry(const EntryIndex& indx,co
     if(!FileListIO::readField(section_data,section_size,section_offset,FILE_LIST_IO_TAG_RECURS_MODIF_TS,most_recent_time)) return false ;
     if(!FileListIO::readField(section_data,section_size,section_offset,FILE_LIST_IO_TAG_MODIF_TS       ,dir_modtime     )) return false ;
 
+#ifdef DEBUG_REMOTE_DIRECTORY_STORAGE
     std::cerr << "  dir name           : \"" << dir_name << "\"" << std::endl;
     std::cerr << "  most recent time   : " << most_recent_time << std::endl;
     std::cerr << "  modification time  : " << dir_modtime << std::endl;
+#endif
 
     // serialise number of subdirs and number of subfiles
 
@@ -757,8 +759,10 @@ bool RemoteDirectoryStorage::deserialiseUpdateDirEntry(const EntryIndex& indx,co
     if(!FileListIO::readField(section_data,section_size,section_offset,FILE_LIST_IO_TAG_RAW_NUMBER,n_subdirs  )) return false ;
     if(!FileListIO::readField(section_data,section_size,section_offset,FILE_LIST_IO_TAG_RAW_NUMBER,n_subfiles )) return false ;
 
+#ifdef DEBUG_REMOTE_DIRECTORY_STORAGE
     std::cerr << "  number of subdirs  : " << n_subdirs << std::endl;
     std::cerr << "  number of files    : " << n_subfiles << std::endl;
+#endif
 
     // serialise subdirs entry indexes
 
@@ -803,8 +807,9 @@ bool RemoteDirectoryStorage::deserialiseUpdateDirEntry(const EntryIndex& indx,co
     }
 
     RS_STACK_MUTEX(mDirStorageMtx) ;
-
+#ifdef DEBUG_REMOTE_DIRECTORY_STORAGE
     std::cerr << "  updating dir entry..." << std::endl;
+#endif
 
     // First create the entries for each subdir and each subfile, if needed.
     if(!mFileHierarchy->updateDirEntry(indx,dir_name,most_recent_time,dir_modtime,subdirs_hashes,subfiles_array))