diff --git a/src/STAT.C b/src/STAT.C
index 28405540..99783cc4 100644
--- a/src/STAT.C
+++ b/src/STAT.C
@@ -105,15 +105,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     statFrontEnd = new STAT_FrontEnd();
 
-    gettimeofday(&timeStamp, NULL);
-    currentTime = timeStamp.tv_sec;
-    localtimeResult = localtime(&currentTime);
-    if (localtimeResult == NULL)
-        statFrontEnd->printMsg(STAT_WARNING, __FILE__, __LINE__, "localtime() returned NULL %s\n", strerror(errno));
-    else if (strftime(timeBuf, BUFSIZE, "%Y-%m-%d-%T", localtimeResult) != 0)
-        statFrontEnd->printMsg(STAT_STDOUT, __FILE__, __LINE__, "STAT started at %s\n", timeBuf);
-    else
-        statFrontEnd->printMsg(STAT_WARNING, __FILE__, __LINE__, "strftime() returned 0\n");
 
     /* Parse arguments and fill in class variables */
     statArgs = (StatArgs_t *)calloc(1, sizeof(StatArgs_t));
@@ -137,6 +128,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             return 0;
     }
 
+    gettimeofday(&timeStamp, NULL);
+    currentTime = timeStamp.tv_sec;
+    localtimeResult = localtime(&currentTime);
+    if (localtimeResult == NULL)
+        statFrontEnd->printMsg(STAT_WARNING, __FILE__, __LINE__, "localtime() returned NULL %s\n", strerror(errno));
+    else if (strftime(timeBuf, BUFSIZE, "%Y-%m-%d-%T", localtimeResult) != 0)
+        statFrontEnd->printMsg(STAT_STDOUT, __FILE__, __LINE__, "STAT started at %s\n", timeBuf);
+    else
+        statFrontEnd->printMsg(STAT_WARNING, __FILE__, __LINE__, "strftime() returned 0\n");
+
     /* Push the arguments into the output file */
     invocationString = "STAT invoked with: ";
     for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
@@ -386,7 +387,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         statFrontEnd->printMsg(statError, __FILE__, __LINE__, "Failed to detach from application\n");
 
     statFrontEnd->shutDown();
-    printf("\nResults written to %s\n\n", statFrontEnd->getOutDir());
+    statFrontEnd->printMsg(STAT_STDOUT, __FILE__, __LINE__, "\nResults written to %s\n\n", statFrontEnd->getOutDir());
 
     delete statFrontEnd;
     free(statArgs);
@@ -468,6 +469,7 @@ StatError_t parseArgs(StatArgs_t *statArgs, STAT_FrontEnd *statFrontEnd, int arg
         {"help",                no_argument,        0, 'h'},
         {"version",             no_argument,        0, 'V'},
         {"verbose",             no_argument,        0, 'v'},
+        {"quiet",               no_argument,        0, 'q'},
         {"withpc",              no_argument,        0, 'P'},
         {"withmoduleoffset",    no_argument,        0, 'P'},
         {"withline",            no_argument,        0, 'i'},
@@ -520,9 +522,9 @@ StatError_t parseArgs(StatArgs_t *statArgs, STAT_FrontEnd *statFrontEnd, int arg
     while (1)
     {
 #ifdef DYSECTAPI
-        opt = getopt_long(argc, argv,"hVvPmiocwyaCIAxSMUf:n:p:j:r:R:t:T:d:F:s:l:L:u:D:X:b:Y:", longOptions, &optionIndex);
+        opt = getopt_long(argc, argv,"hVvqPmiocwyaCIAxSMUf:n:p:j:r:R:t:T:d:F:s:l:L:u:D:X:b:Y:", longOptions, &optionIndex);
 #else
-        opt = getopt_long(argc, argv,"hVvPmiocwyaCIAxSMUf:n:p:j:r:R:t:T:d:F:s:l:L:u:D:", longOptions, &optionIndex);
+        opt = getopt_long(argc, argv,"hVvqPmiocwyaCIAxSMUf:n:p:j:r:R:t:T:d:F:s:l:L:u:D:", longOptions, &optionIndex);
 #endif
         if (opt == -1)
             break;
@@ -549,6 +551,9 @@ StatError_t parseArgs(StatArgs_t *statArgs, STAT_FrontEnd *statFrontEnd, int arg
         case 'v':
             statFrontEnd->setVerbose(STAT_VERBOSE_FULL);
             break;
+        case 'q':
+            statFrontEnd->setVerbose(STAT_VERBOSE_ERROR);
+            break;
         case 'w':
             statArgs->withThreads = true;
             statArgs->sampleType |= STAT_SAMPLE_THREADS;