diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/multiSlsDetector/multiSlsDetector.cpp b/slsDetectorSoftware/multiSlsDetector/multiSlsDetector.cpp
index 7386cb2ea..1b794fa56 100644
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/multiSlsDetector/multiSlsDetector.cpp
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/multiSlsDetector/multiSlsDetector.cpp
@@ -3572,7 +3572,7 @@ int multiSlsDetector::decodeNMod(int i, int &id, int &im) {
 #ifdef VERBOSE
     cout  << " A---------" << id << " position " << im << endl;
 #endif
-cout<<"decodeNMod:-1"<<endl;
+
     return -1;
   }
   int nm;
@@ -3585,7 +3585,6 @@ cout<<"decodeNMod:-1"<<endl;
 #ifdef VERBOSE
 	cout  << " B---------" <<id << " position " << im << endl;
 #endif
-	cout<<"decodeNMod:"<<im<<endl;
 	return im;
       } else {
 	i-=nm;
@@ -3597,7 +3596,6 @@ cout<<"decodeNMod:-1"<<endl;
 #ifdef VERBOSE
   cout  <<" C---------" << id << " position " << im << endl;
 #endif
-  cout<<"decodeNMod:-1"<<endl;
   return -1;
   
 
diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetector.cpp b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetector.cpp
index 35519e9a4..b40395e99 100644
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetector.cpp
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetector.cpp
@@ -2914,14 +2914,14 @@ slsDetectorDefs::detectorSettings slsDetector::setSettings( detectorSettings ise
 			}
 
 			settingsfname=ostfn.str();
-//#ifdef VERBOSE
+#ifdef VERBOSE
 			cout << "the settings file name is "<<settingsfname << endl;
-//#endif
+#endif
 			if (readSettingsFile(settingsfname,thisDetector->myDetectorType, myMod)) {
 				calfname=oscfn.str();
-//#ifdef VERBOSE
+#ifdef VERBOSE
 				cout << calfname << endl;
-//#endif
+#endif
 				readCalibrationFile(calfname,myMod->gain, myMod->offset);
 				setModule(*myMod);
 			} else {