diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/elastic/graphwidget.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/elastic/graphwidget.cpp
index d4bfd70d5..96634d3ad 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/elastic/graphwidget.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/elastic/graphwidget.cpp
@@ -180,8 +180,9 @@ GraphWidget::NodeId GraphWidget::addNode(const std::string& node_short_string,co
 
 		 node->setPos(x1+f1*(x2-x1),y1+f2*(y2-y1));
 	 }
-
+#ifdef DEBUG_ELASTIC
 	 std::cerr << "Added node " << _nodes.size()-1 << std::endl ;
+#endif
 	 return _nodes.size()-1 ;
 }
 void GraphWidget::snapshotNodesPositions()
@@ -203,7 +204,9 @@ GraphWidget::EdgeId GraphWidget::addEdge(NodeId n1,NodeId n2)
 		Edge *edge = new Edge(_nodes[n1],_nodes[n2]);
 		scene()->addItem(edge);
 		_edges[ed] = edge ;
+#ifdef DEBUG_ELASTIC
 		std::cerr << "Added edge " << n1 << " - " << n2 << std::endl ;
+#endif
 	}
 
 	return 0 ;
@@ -213,7 +216,9 @@ void GraphWidget::itemMoved()
 {
     if (!timerId)
 	 {
+#ifdef DEBUG_ELASTIC
 		 std::cout << "starting timer" << std::endl;
+#endif
         timerId = startTimer(1000 / 25);
 	 }
 }
@@ -348,7 +353,9 @@ void GraphWidget::timerEvent(QTimerEvent *event)
 
     if (!itemsMoved) {
         killTimer(timerId);
+#ifdef DEBUG_ELASTIC
 		  std::cerr << "Killing timr" << std::endl ;
+#endif
         timerId = 0;
     }
 }
@@ -359,7 +366,9 @@ void GraphWidget::setEdgeLength(uint32_t l)
 
 	if(!timerId)
 	{
+#ifdef DEBUG_ELASTIC
 		 std::cout << "starting timer" << std::endl;
+#endif
         timerId = startTimer(1000 / 25);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/elastic/node.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/elastic/node.cpp
index c3d6b8c8d..d32a1019e 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/elastic/node.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/elastic/node.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@
 Node::Node(const std::string& node_string,GraphWidget::NodeType type,GraphWidget::AuthType auth,GraphWidget *graphWidget,const std::string& ssl_id,const std::string& gpg_id)
     : graph(graphWidget),_desc_string(node_string),_type(type),_auth(auth),_ssl_id(ssl_id),_gpg_id(gpg_id)
 {
+#ifdef DEBUG_ELASTIC
 	std::cerr << "Created node type " << type << ", string=" << node_string << std::endl ;
+#endif
     setFlag(ItemIsMovable);
 #if QT_VERSION >= 0x040600
     setFlag(ItemSendsGeometryChanges);
@@ -296,7 +298,9 @@ void Node::mousePressEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event)
 
 void Node::peerDetails()
 {
+#ifdef DEBUG_ELASTIC
 	std::cerr << "Calling peer details" << std::endl;
+#endif
     ConfCertDialog::showIt(_gpg_id, ConfCertDialog::PageDetails);
 }
 void Node::makeFriend()